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Charlie Proud has had numerous fights, detentions, suspensions and reprimands, all giving Principal Harry Dewitt much cause for concern. Things at home are not much easier for young Charlie, and when he is accused of stealing a purse from an elderly womans car, he is given an ultimatum by Dewitt work off the debt at the home of the woman or face expulsion from high school. The woman is Evelyn Ritchie, and eccentric widow who has persevered decades of hardships armed with her optimism, cheerfulness and quirky wit. Under Mrs. Ritchies guidance Charlie learns valuable lessons on not just gardening, but on life, enabling him to finally confront the problems and dark secrets within his own family.