Having taken over the job of speaking for her younger sister Amaryllis when a family tragedy causes her to stop talking. Mack resents having to step aside when she is no longer needed as a mouthpiece.
Twelve-year-old Rainie Marie, whose father lives in a distant state and whose mother is struggling with depression, fights to care for herself and her five brothers and sisters and to keep them all together.
Lulu Atlantis is peeved when her mother brings home little brother Sam, and she turns to her imaginary friend, Harry the daddy long-legs spider, for comfort, companionship, help, and advice as she is getting used to the addition to the family.
