When Carrie's cousin Michael comes to stay she finds that what she gets is not what she expected. Carrie is plunged into misery, being blamed for things she did not do - by everybody, her friends included. It is only when she finds a new friend that things begin to look a little brighter. And what a friend! Clarence is apt to lose his head - quite literally - for Clarence is a ghost with problems of his own. Together Carrie and her ghost called Clarence help each other to win through, but not without a few hiccups on the way.