A young adult fiction novel about a Philadelphia family who, upon inheriting an apartment building in Florida from a late Uncle, take the train to Florida only to find a dilapidated building with many tenants of long-standing: an imperious lady tenant and many initially mysterious ones who turn out to have led interesting lives. A missing apartment manager and a young boy with no known home are additional characters whose roles are unveiled in the aftermath of a hurricane that threatens the apartment building's residents. Told from the point of view of the oldest daughter of a family led by a single Mom.