Calbert: The Third-Grade Cowboy: Facing the Bully

Calbert who is fond of playing a cowboy with his buddy Roland during the weekends but is afraid to go to school during weekdays because he always must find a way to face down Ernie the certified school bully. Ernie makes life unbearable for Calbert in many ways but he especially enjoys picking on him for being an adopted child. He always makes fun of Calbert for being adopted and says that neither Calberts birth mom nor his adoptive mom wanted him and his brothers. Calbert wonders why he is Ernies favorite victim at school. He learns from Roland his trusted friend that Ernies dad died a couple of years ago and Chuck his step dad doesnt really like him mostly because Ernie looks like his real dad and he has the same name as him. It makes Chuck jealous of Ernies dad. Sometimes he gets really mad at Ernie for no reason. He doesnt have any true friends except for Munch his pet dog. But when Calbert and Ernie found themselves trapped together in a fire at the school building during a dress rehearsal for a school program they must find a way to work together to escape with their lives. Will Calbert and Ernie be able to put aside their differences in order to survive? Or will they end up being burn to ashes?