Laura Chartoff is a young teenager who has a a huge family with her mother divored from her dad.--Her dad has a girlfriend, Stephanie. But brfore that, he married another woman named Katherine...

Laura Chartoff is a young teenager who has a a huge family with her mother divored from her dad.--Her dad has a girlfriend, Stephanie. But brfore that, he married another woman named Katherine with her daughter. Laura's mom married Keith for his money. Laura has weird step-siblings, too. Corrine, the mother's clone and show-off, Sam, the 10-year old science freak, Kurt, the military-like boy, and her adult step-brother, Josh.-Who lives on his own and ran away from the family. Laura has no close friends and is pushed around by her family and is yelled at and blamed for everything. Laura follows Josh to his cabin miles away. She stays they for almost 3 days and her family discovers she's there. She runs away and has nowhere to go. While her whole family is staying there until they find Laura, Laura goes on an adventure with different types of people and gets to know the meaning of Family.