Ruby has always had a big imagination and a love for adventure. When Ruby decides she wants to write a book, she enlists her Aunt Lora, who is a journalist, to help her write it. She comes up with a story about a principal who is really mean, inspired by her own life - sort of. Meanwhile, her teacher Mr. Goodwin is quitting school for a reason that only Ruby knows, and Aunt Lora has been getting mysterious calls from her work that she doesn't want Ruby to know about. Writing a book is never as easy as it seems, but will Ruby be able to do it? And will she figure out her life in the end?