Ari Soffit needs to control his temper. Not an easy task when the sinister Wilton Daylatch tries to force Ari's Uncle Ellery to forfeit the family delicatessen. Ari suddenly finds a heavy load on his shoulders when an encounter with a ghostly stranger convinces him that there might be a way out. Soon Ari and his friend Arden are on a dusty trail of clues which could take them to the answer they need...or might just lead to front row seats at the brutally unfair boxing match Uncle Ellery has agreed to in an effort to save the deli.