Jason felt his hand slipping on the ladder, and grimly hung on. "Don't look down," he told himself. "Don't look down." Looking down might mean losing his balance - and plummeting to his death ten stories below. There's a kid on the run - and in danger. Three member of the Lemon Street Gang are spending summer vacation together when they come across a plot the could cost dozens of kids their lives. The runaways is their only link to the criminals - but the runaway has made up stories before. Jason, Gerry and David are determined to get to the bottom of the mystery - before it's to late.