Ten-year-old Freddy Pesterfield desperately searches for a way to keep from waking in the graveyard again, but he cannot stop a vengeful ghost from luring him there. With the help of his wary cousin and his superstitious friend, Freddy looks for ways to get rid of the ghost named Tump. Can Freddy unearth the mystery of Tump's death before Tump leads him to the cemetery one last time?