Jim Frayne has run away again-this time to upstate New York-to avoid capture by his cruel stepfather. Can Trixie Belden and her friend Honey Wheeler track him down and help give him the life he deserves? Who is the bushy-haired man in the trailer next door and why does his family seem so miserable? And what kind of trouble can Trixie and Honey stumble into on their quest to find Jim?