A novel about a boy who feels clumsy, when he meets an old man who helps him increase his self-esteem.

At school, Joshua is called "klutz." He drops things. He trips. And worst of all, he's always the last one picked for any team. Nothing helps until Joshua meets, Mr. Romanoff, "the Czar." The old man teaches Joshua how to pull off the winning side of a wishbone.

Fourth grader Josh suffers from being the class "klutz," befriends an elderly gentleman in a home for the aged, becomes a hero, and finally makes a friend and wins his class's acceptance.

Julie, a busy high school sophomore suddenly stricken with epileptic seizures, must learn to live with her condition as the doctors attempt to control it through medication.