Though little Reina has promised not to swim in the waves during her first trip to the ocean, it becomes intolerable for her to keep that promise as her cousins frolic in the water--and then she finds a solution to her problem.
Following a storm, the intrepid Miss Moody, accompanied by her cat Captain Kidd, finds an intriguing bottle washed up on the beach, and must think quickly to save the day when she opens it to unleash a bad spirit.
At the end of the summer, 14-year-old Owen refuses to leave the beach house which has been his family's summer home for 10 years and which is scheduled for demolition.