Fifteen-year-old Charlie stays home from school so he canhelp his older brother, Tom, who is in a hip-to-toe castafter breaking his leg in a football game. When not waitingon his brother hand and foot, Charlie investigates a series ofbreak-ins that have the whole neighborhood on edge. Thingsreally hit home when Charlie nearly catches the thief and thenfoils an attempted break-in at his own house. As he continuesto piece together the clues, Charlie realizes that the easiest wayfor the culprit to avoid suspicion is to hide in plain sight.