Four youngsters narrate one side of the story of their newly blended family's adjustment, interwoven with grief and loss.

Ten-year-old Goose is best at goofing off, but when he decides to become the goalie for their soccer team, his friend Henry sets up a practice schedule and enlists their other friends to help Goose improve his skills.

Rita tries to improve her times and flip turns as she struggles to decide whether to remain the best swimmer on the Dolphins team or the worst on the Sharks team, where she could be with her friends.

Henty wants to win the doubles tennis trophy more than anything. He know he's good enough, but he's not sure his partner, Rocky, is. Between helping Rocky train and working on his history project with Jazz, Henry may have more than he can handle. Can he win with Rocky as his tennis partner? Can Jazz get an A in history with Henry as her project partner? How will Henry handle double the trouble?

Nick tries to maintain his sense of integrity as he works to succeed on the school basketball team, adjust to his new stepmother and little "dorky" stepbrother, and deal with peer pressure from his friends.