Having spent his life trying to escape the foster care system, eventually becoming mute to keep out of trouble, twelve-year-old Newboy finally hits the streets, where a discarded ventriloquist's dummy gives him back his voice and his hope.

The children of a former ventriloquist, Trina and Dan O'Dell, think that the collection of dummies in the attic is neat until they begin to hear strange voices and find the dummies appearing in unexpected places.