When seventh grader Max Keeble is labeled a “dorky nerd” on his first day of school and then learns his dad has taken a job and will move the family to Chicago, the 12-year-old is inspired to tell off the school bully and do other things he wouldn’t have dreamed of doing if he had to suffer the consequences. But when his father’s new job falls through, the boy must face the music when he finds himself back among his old classmates.