Some things in life seem so broken, they can't possibly be fixed, and right now, just about everything is falling apart for Amelia. Aunt Tanner is away on tour; Amelia's spending more time in the principal's office; Joan's dad is injured on his tour of duty just before he is supposed to come home; and Amelia's friends all seem to be moving in different directions. When a younger group of kids turn up, idolizing G.A.S.P and forming their own club: "Young Imaginative Kids Emulating Superheroes (Y.I.K.E.S.)," G.A.S.P. attempts to rebuild their clubhouse. Amelia thinks it's beyond repair, but Turnip Brain says that when that happens, you need to pick up the pieces and make something new. Little by little, Amelia sees the wisdom in Turnip Brain's words and realizes that things--especially broken things--are not always as they seem and that the glue that allows us to make new things out of the old is love.