They are the Bone family, Howard, and Mary Curtain, the nurse who delivered the Drudger's baby.

The only thing that can improve their skills is Fern's dead mother Eliza's book, The Art of Being Anybody.

At the boarding house, Fern discovers that the Bone's enemy, the Miser, is looking for The Art of Being Anybody as well.

Fern and the Bone must find the book before the Miser, who may be plotting something terrible with his Anybody skills.

On December 8, 2004, it has reported that Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies have acquired the film rights from the book series.