Meg and Kate, along with their boyfriends Dave and Fred, get involved in a hunt for hidden money after Meg's Uncle Bob, the police chief, finds a map drawn by a bank robber.
High school friends Meg and Kate agree to help their neighbor look for her lost dog, not realizing the animal has been stolen by a couple of art thieves.
Meg and Kate become suspicious when they go to visit their elderly neighbor Miss Miller and find another woman who looks a lot like her masquerading as her sister.
Carl and Todd are not excited about having to go on a field trip for Mr. Zane's class, but when the permission slips mysteriously disappear and someone makes two phone calls to the bus company, the boys begin to wonder if they are lucky or if something more devious is happening.
Steve, having been set up by a person wearing a clown costume who may be responsible for stealing the ticket money for the school play, tries to clear his name.