Cory Barker has lived in the slums his entire life. He's finally got a job to help provide for his struggling family, and he keeps losing money from his paycheck when a certain someone keeps snatching food from the store. But when Cory confronts him, things don't exactly go as planned. And he meets a new friend. But even with his job fixed, there are still so many things wrong in Cory's life- and he's determined to solve them all.