Haunted by the terrorist explosion that killed his parents and obsessively driven to protect his orphaned younger siblings -- even if it means breaking the law -- precocious, fiercely independent Sam discovers during a stint in a Washington, D.C., juvenile home that he has a gift as a writer of family comedy. So begins the dark, quirky Plum & Jaggers series of sketches about a family of children whose parents are never at home. The McWilliams family troupe rises from open-mike venues to small comedy clubs to a late-night television slot, creating a stir -- and unwittingly exposing the family to new dangers that cost Sam his resilient wit and threaten his sanity.

Plum & Jaggers is the story of a family blown apart by tragedy and one person's powerful refusal to accept their fate.