As the only Bancroft in a family of Fortunes, Lolly has always felt left out of her Fortune cousins' exclusive gang but when her parents separate Lolly discovers a new inner strength and aspects of kinship that go beyond names.
Tessa Fortune and her cousins want to raise one hundred dollars for the New Zealand National Telethon, but when their plans begin to go awry, Tessa learns some valuable lessons about her goal of becoming a rich executive.
The relationship between Tracey Fortune and her brother Jackson is temporarily strained by Tracey's desire to be a bridesmaid in her cousin's wedding and by the mysterious messages that Jackson begins to receive.
After living like a gypsy in Australia all of his life, Pete tries to adjust to living in a permanent place--his father's New Zealand hometown, where Pete must pass a test to belong to his cousins' exclusive gang.