When eleven-year -old KayKay Granger learns that the White House is haunted and uses that knowledge to play a prank on her family, she lands in big trouble with her mother, the United States President.
After fifteen-year-old Micki discovers that her dog is identical with one owned by John James Audubon's long-dead widow, her dull New York City summer is enlivened by the strange behavior of a bag lady only she can see and the appearance of a house that should no longer exist.