Randy Miller loves Halloween, just like every other sixth-grader at Rosemary Middle School. He loves dressing up in costumes with his three best friends and playing practical jokes on his younger sister, Missy. But Randy's life changes when he sees something strange one creepy night: the bluish-white figure of a boy who points accusingly at Randy! To make matters worse, Mrs. Rosenberg, Randy's homeroom teacher, tells her class that this Halloween is the ten-year death anniversary of a young boy named Brian Mead. Randy realizes that the figure he saw must be the ghost of Brian Mead. Randy also knows he's got a real problem on his hands. As Halloween approaches, the ghost gets scarier, haunting Randy more and more. But Randy doesn't want to live in fear. Putting the ghost of Brian Mead behind him, Randy takes his friends to trick-or-treat at a mysterious neighbor's house. The neighbor, Miss Donna, is an old carnival worker who still keeps a "Wheel of Fate" as a souvenir of her days as a fortune-teller. When Randy spins the Wheel of Fate as a Halloween party game, all hell breaks loose, and the kids discover the real reason the ghost is coming after Randy!