 Justin McLeod has been living the life of a reculse for seven years, ever since his face was horribly disfigured. Known as "Hamburger Head" to the locals, he s the subject of many rumors and wild stories. Chuck is a young boy determined to get into the same military as his father, despite his mother s protests and his halfsisters  mocking, even if it means studying all through the summer. Desperate for a tutor, Chuck encounters the reclusive McLeod, and together they begin to help each other deal with a world that has shunned them both.