Arlie Black has a problem with speaking to people. Anything out of his comfort zone is out of the question. So when his 12th grade english teacher, Mr. Burns, informs his class that they will be assigned a pen pals...Arlie starts to worry. This is WAY out of his comfort zone. To make things worse Arlie is assigned to be pen pals with Celia Mancaster. Celia, Arlie comes to find out, is more than he ever bargained for...