Aren't we all extraordinary in one way or another? This book poses that question in a modern version of a faerie tale. Phoebe, a Rothschild, befriends the new student at school. Her name is Mallory and she is unlike any one else that Phoebe has ever met. There is a reason for that-Mallory is a faerie and she has come to collect on a debt made years and years ago by one of Phoebe's ancestors. Coming with Mallory is Ryland-her brother-who treats Phoebe like she has never before been treated by a boy. Another interesting component to this story is Phoebe's childhood friend Benjamin who always knows the truth and is always willing to speak it. Phoebe grows as a person from beginning to end and comes to realize what we all should at some point-that she too is extraordinary and no one can take that knowledge away from her.
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