Molly McIntire isn't thrilled with having soybean casserole for dinner, but she realizes her family is dealing with the home front effects of World War II. Meat shortages, Victory gardens, ration stamps, and War Bonds are the norm.

The McIntire family are avid volunteers; Molly and her friend Emily serve as magazine girls at Oak Knoll Hospital. Then bags of sugar disappear from the Oak Knoll and Red Cross kitchens. Molly observes strange events at Greystone Manor; she is determined to solve this mystery. ( )

While Emily is visiting Molly, they volunteer to deliver newspapers to a hospital. This is not the job that Molly wants, but she finds a mystery to solve while she works. Rationed supplies are disappearing to be sold on the black market, and she, Emily, and even her family and friends end up working together to catch the crook. ( )

Molly wishes she and her friend Emily had an exciting volunteer job that really helped in the fight to win World Wars Two. Instead, they’re magazine delivery girls at Oak Knoll Hospital. Soon, however, Molly and Emily start to suspect that something very un-patriotic is going on at Oak Knoll—and their snooping leads them deep into trouble ( )