Ten-year-old Robin Brogan knows his life will never be the same when a new family with four children moves in next door. The Robinson kids are fun to have around, but Robin, who once landed in the hospital after an encounter with a vicious dog, can't lose his fear of Old Blanket, the Robinson's dog. Then Robin finds a starving, abandoned dog on the beach. Can his new neighbors help him overcome his fears to save an animal that needs him desperately?