Quila and her father, living alone in a remote Maine lighthouse in the 1850's, find their lives profoundly changed when a baby washes ashore and they decide to keep her as part of their family.
With the family thrown into a turmoil by the incessant crying of colicky, three-month-old Meredith, only twelve-year-old Case seems to notice that Meredith's baby sitter is behaving very oddly. Sequel to "Split Sisters.".
Surprise and Umlaut Golem are delighted when the stork arrives with their long-awaited son, but when Surprise is disqualified from motherhood on a technicality, the couple sets out on a quest to find someone who can help them be reunited with the child they have longed for.