Bobby Burns loves his dog Taffy, donuts, and his superb tree house. Life is good in Blue Gill Bay. Well, about as good as it can be living with two older sisters! Summer is here and school is out, but when new neighbors arrive, his summer begins to change. They seem rather strange and are full of surprises.

Briggs uses humor and real-life happenings to demonstrate how acceptance of differences in one another can truly lead to a peaceful coexistence in today's world of diversity.