Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mortimer Brewster, bụ́ onye edemede nke katọrọ alụmdi na nwunye ugboro ugboro dị ka "nkwenkwe ụgha mgbe ochie", hụrụ Elaine Harper n'anya, bụ́ nwa nwanyị ụkọchukwu nke ya na ya bi n'otu ọnụ ụlọ. N'ụbọchị Halloween, Mortimer na Elaine lụrụ. Elaine gara n'ụlọ nna ya ịgwa nna ya ma kwado maka njem ọlụlụ na Mortimer laghachiri Abby na Martha, ndị nwanne nne ndị zụlitere ya n'ụlọ ochie nke ezinụlọ. Nwanne nwoke Mortimer, Teddy, onye kwenyere na ya bụ Theodore Roosevelt, bi na ha. Oge ọ bụla Teddy rigooro n'elu ụlọ, ọ na-eti mkpu "Charge!" ma na-agbadata steepụ ahụ na-agba ọsọ, na-eṅomi okwu Roosevelt a ma ama
Bịanụ n'Ugwu San Juan.