Starshine's fascination with spiders is as keen as ever, and once again she uses her arachnological interest to get herself into and out of some unique situations. This time, Starshine is working on a research project for her friends at the American Association of Arachnology. Along the way, of course, she has many adventures, including a television audition, an encounter with a burglar, and her usual frustrations with her off-the-wall parents and precocious little sister.