When Emma and her brothers and sisters want to get a kitten and another ferret, and Emma wants their nanny to be the chaperone on her soccer team trip instead of her mother, the children decide to go on strike to try to force their parents to meet their demands.

A middle-of-the-night plan --Welcome home, Annie! -- Annie has presents--and a plan -- New crazy pets -- A big fat mess -- The secret gets out -- Up in Annie's apartment -- A rotten, horrible, terrible day -- The O'Fallon kids go on strike -- The green-bean lady comes to call -- More trouble -- Emma loses out -- Awful Katie moves in -- Marmaduke to the rescue -- All is well.