It’s the 1900s in New York City, and it's that time of year again, time for the boys to get new suits...some for Passover, some for Easter. Ike’s mother is the expert on how to get the most for their once-a-year suits.

Rosie Weinstein is getting married on Sunday but not without a little help from the residents of East 136th Street.

Ike Greenberg and his friends appear as extras in a D. W. Griffith movie and surprise their families.

Ziggie the bully poses a problem for Ike at home as well as at school.

Ike is very skeptical when his mother promises that he will have seven surprises in the month before his Bar Mitzvah, especially, with his father still hospitalized with tuberculosis and a newly-arrived, jobless cousin living in their small apartment.