A lunchroom dare has just ended very badly for fifth grader, Billy Ray Deason. Mama Deason delivers her worst punishment ever, sending him to spend the weekend with the peculiar Taggart family. If that wasn't bad enough, a hurricane floods the town of Buford Crossing and Billy Ray and three schoolmates are sent downriver in a runaway clubhouse. Finding themselves in unfamiliar territory, Billy Ray and his companions must try and find a way back to Buford Crossing. The journey will be a difficult one and there will be a myriad of obstacles and colorful characters along the way. In the end, can Billy Ray and his friends find a way back home?