Fifteen-year-old Sukie Pendragon is cat hissing mad when her mom dumps her off like some stray at her witchy grandmother's house in Slingshot, Oregon, to spend more time with her new boyfriend. Granny Bea adopts homeless creatures, including a bazillion cats—plus Winnie the naughty golden retriever pup that her grandma stubbornly insists Sukie care for.

Jeremy Powers, Granny Bea's teenage neighbor, has been crushing on Sukie since she moved in, but he really doesn't know why since everything he does and everything he says only seems to annoy her. Her own grandma calls her Hurricane Sukie, and sometimes he gets so frustrated he just wants to tell Sukie off—but in the next breath, all he can think about is kissing her.