Students from a Rochester, New York, elementary school learn about photography and the steps in solving a mystery when a valuable candlestick is stolen during their field trip to the George Eastman House museum.
When their friend Scooter dies of a rare disease, teenagers Nick Gardner and Jaycee Amato set out on a secret journey to find the father who abandoned "The Scoot" when he was an infant, and give him a signed first edition of "Of Mice and Men.".