Harold Schernoff, fourteen-year-old science whiz and social outcast, has a theory to solve every problem, from dating to dealing with bullies, to making money, to playing sports, to buying a car when you're underage.

Want to learn to ski? Try:
Mass x acceleration x slope of hill = EEEEEAAGGHHH!

Here's another surefire formula:
Golf balls + car = BANG!

Science turns slapstick when Harold and his buddy team up to test Schernoff's Discoveries.
Only Harold could mastermind such a disastrous first date. Only Harold could go fishing and get caught by the fish. And only Gary Paulsen, one of today's most popular authors for young people, could write such a wonderfully funny novel about friendship.