10-year-old Rico is an unusual boy. Sometimes he's laughed at because he mixes things up in his head and doesn't know his left from his right. But he's brilliant at noticing the little things, like a piece of pasta lying on the pavement, or the strange goings-on in his apartment block. Whe his new friend, the gifted but anxious Oskar, is kidnapped, Rico gets the chance to test all his special skills--and his tenacity.