Half of the marriages in this country end in divorce. Confused children become the unfortunate by-products of broken marriages. Follow Pricilla Elizabeth Rodkey, better know as Perky, as she survives the divorce of her parents. Perky wonders what she did or forgot to do to make her parents break up their "happy" home. She, along with her best friend, Rosemary, try everything eight year olds can do to save her parents from the break up.