Bertie Boggin is the smallest of the Bogginses. His older brother and sister won't play with him and he has nothing to do. Then he sees the notice on the coalshed - and there inside is the Ghost. Bertie and the ghost quickly become best friends.
Mitch is a 25-year-old with commitment issues. Leonard is a five-year-old kid with asthma and vision problems, who captivates everyone he meets. Pearl is Leonard's teenage mother, who's trying to hide a violent secret from her past. Life has given Pearl every reason to mistrust people, but circumstances force...