No-one loves yuletide like Hank Zipzer - and this year, with a new baby brother on the way, Hank means to have the Best. Christmas. Ever!

But Hank's life never runs smoothly, and soon Miss Adolf is turning Mr Rock's Rudolph the Rock'n'Roll Reindeer into a one-woman Christmas Carol; two school inspectors are getting injured in a bizarre sleighing accident, Mr Joy is trying to cancel Christmas altogether, Stan and Papa Pete are battling over the new baby's crib, Emily is trying to run Rosa's pregnancy like CERN runs the Large Hadron Collider, oh and Hank is finding himself in love with world-renowned US pop star Hayden Chase, after crashing her video shoot whilst on a pickle-based mission of mercy for Rosa.

In his attempt to drag triumph from the glittering jaws of doom, Hank will ice skate into disaster, nearly crash a Christmas tree into a crowd, get himself and his best friends Frankie and Ashley arrested, get his favourite teacher sacked and lose the love of his life.

This time, he really has let everyone down. Surely even Hank can't get out this one. Luckily for us, there's no way to tell Hank that.

An elite sports centre opens at Westbrook and Hank and a team of no-hopers are forced to take on McKelty's team to try and gain access to it.

A film crew is coming to the school to make a documentary. Everyone comes into school very excited, particularly Mr Joy who intends to be onscreen as much as possible. By a series of accidents, Hank becomes the central figure in the documentary, causing himself stress and putting a strain on his relationship with Frankie and Ashley (who were meant to be sharing the limelight with him). Mr Rock tries to escape the unwelcome attention of the film crew, while Rosa tries to use the opportunity to advertise the Deli. Ultimately it's up to Hank to try and sort everything out, win his friends back and get back to normal.

Hank accidentally gets his friends' copies of worldwide publishing sensation Alien Adventures confiscated by Miss Adolf and has to put things right before the author herself makes a very special visit to Westbrook.

Mr Joy's latest scheme sees the pupils of Westbrook vying to produce the best vlogs and videos for the school intranet. When Hank is humiliated by Nick McKelty he vows to outdo him with his next vlog. But is Hank really willing to sacrifice what little dignity he has in order to succeed? Meanwhile, Stan and old enemy Mick McKelty (Nick's dad) find themselves facing off against each other when both sign up for Mr Rock's after-school choir.

Hank is looking forward to having a new form teacher at school, rather than Miss Adolf. However, he discovers that his new teacher, Miss Goodison wants the class to talk about their feelings and problems in class. Even worse, she wants Hank to discuss his dyslexia and the rest of the class to write poetry about him. It's too much for Hank and he sets out, with Frankie and Ashley's help, to get Adolf back again.