WHEN RUBY AND HER YOUNGER BROTHER RHETTS PARENTS ARE KILLED INA CAR CRASH, THEIR PARENTS BEST FRIENDS, ERIN AND TERRY GLASSBECOME THEIR GUARDIANS. SOON, RUBY SUSPECTS THAT ERIN AND TERRYMAY NOT BE THE IDEAL GUARDIANS THEY SEEM TO BE. ARE HERSUSPICIONS JUSTIFIED OR MERELY MISPERCEPTIONS.