For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), caretaker of the best baby skunk in the world, life is pretty great. But when his older sister Janie gets a part in the school play and can't watch Bat after school, it means someone else has to take care of the skunk kit in the afternoons. Bat wants everything to go back to normal. He just has to make it to the night of Janie's performance.