Jordan knows that thirteen-year-olds are supposed to find their parents embarrassing, but when his mum decides to be buried alive for five months just to win a world record, he thinks things have gone way beyond embarrassing. Pitied by the neighbours, teased mercilessly at school and plagued by nightmares, Jordan feels his life is falling apart. So when even his best friends start keeping secrets from him, Jordan decides that, unlike his mum, he isn't going to take it all lying down!