Excluded from her friends' new club, the Pain Sisters, because she has never broken a bone or been to the hospital, Libby comes up with a plan to join.
Life on Libby's boring street gets more exciting when a new girl and her big, friendly dog move in and help Libby become the president of their newly formed club.
Taking a walk with Great Aunt Ida and her Great Dane Doc seems slow and boring to a small girl, until an emergency arises in which Aunt Ida shows her true spirit.
When Carmie discovers that her divorced mother, who suffers from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, was once a well-known Malibu surfer, she reevaluates the way she views her mother and herself.