Vannie tries to make the best of things when she and her dog Muffy are left with her cranky great-aunt on an old farm in Ohio while Vannie's parents go to California to look for work.

When their father moves them for the seventh time in the five years since their mother's death, Jenny and her younger sister hope to stay in this latest house and try to find out about the malevolent ghost who seems bent on getting revenge on their elderly neighbors.

Carlo struggles with his positive and negative feelings about his mentally handicapped sister.

Brenda's treehouse provides her with the privacy she needs to make a few discoveries about herself.