After the horrific car crash which killed their parents, twelve-year-old Kristin and nine-year-old Megan try to cope with a new world after their parents were suddenly ripped from their lives. Their parents named an uncle on each side of the family as the Co-Guardians.

The girls are caught up in a torrent of emotions as the conflicting lifestyles of the two uncles clash as to how Kristin and Megan should be raised. This conflict may never be resolved and leads to problems no one could have foreseen.