Virgil is a VERY shy Filipino boy whose family doesn’t understand him. Valencia is a deaf girl who is smart, but people don’t realize it because of her speech. She and Virgil are in a special class together. Chet is the school bully they call, “The Bull.” The three kids come together in the unlikeliest of circumstances and with the help of 12 year old guru, Kaori. No one could have predicted the terrible prank The Bull would pull to endanger the fate of Virgil's pet guinea pig would endure and the events afterward. Virgil is beside himself, stricken with fear and panic. Can he get his beloved pet? How do the others play into this story?