Familiar

Synopsis

"The world beyond the Frisby's front door is a threatening tangle.

Mom Maya resides in a hole on the beach, dad Fred is long gone, and the family's beloved clam shack is being infiltrated by gaggles of intrusive cashier girls.

Sister Jill and brother Archibald have learned to depend on only each other for companship.

Until now.

With summer approaching, Jill hires the bubbly Lane under one condition: under no circumstances may Lane befriend the reclusive Archibald, whose constitution, Jill explains, makes him unable to endure social situations"--Publisher.