Valerie Pines is the unknown 16 year old daughter of Stanley Pines from his previous six hour marriage to a conwoman in 1995. One summer day in 2006 Valerie's grandparents (on her moms side) send her to live with her father. Having never met each other before this story follows the complex and estranged relationship between the two and the adventures that follow 6 years later in 2012 when her cousins come to visit for the summer.