It's the start of fifth grade at Snow Hill School, and seven students find themselves thrown together in Mr. Terupt's class. Peter, the class clown; Jessica, the new girl; Luke, the brain; Alexia, the queen bee; Jeffrey, the slacker; Danielle, the pushover; Anna, the shy one. They don't have much in common, and they've never gotten along. Not until a certain new teacher arrives and helpes them to find strength inside themselves- and in each other. But when Mr. Terupt suffers a terrible accident, will his students be able to remember the lessons he taught them? or will their lives go back to the way they were before -before fifth grade and before Mr. Terupt?