After spending her school lunch money at a carnival and trying to hide the fact that she is skipping lunch every day, Alex decides that disobeying her parents and God causes too many problems.

Alex seeks God's help in trying to forgive a troublemaker on her swim team.

Vacationing at a lake, Alex learns about the Christian values of love, patience, and goodness after playing a practical joke on some "popular" girls who dress and act alike and ridicule Alex for being an individual.

When the new girl at school starts spreading lies about her, Alex loses some friends and comes to a new understanding of honesty, loyalty, and forgiveness.

Eleven-year-old Alex learns about heavenly treasure as she gets to know a classmate and her family and helps catch a group of bicycle thieves.