In the town of Snohomish, nestled into the shrubs of the riverbank, lives an ordinary writing spider named Alvera. She loves weaving her webs by night and watching the townspeople by day, until things go topsy-turvy. The people begin waving signs and yelling at each other from shop doorways. Alvera has an idea about how to help, but will it be enough? A curious raccoon and a cranky cat wonder the same thing as they journey along with Alvera through the night.