Easy Way Out focuses on character education in the areas of responsibility, honesty, and respect. A young boy's deceptive behavior teaches him a life long lesson. He learns that by trying to create ways to make his educational obligations easy, only made his life a complicated wreck. He manufactured plots of dishonesty and deception which ultimately caused him agitation, anxiety, and tension. He finally learned the importance of responsibility, the value of honesty, and the significance of respect. Ages 9-12.