When Aidan moves back to California after living in England, he's ready to rejoin his middle school friends at Fairmont High. He's anticipating the usual difficulties adjusting to a new school, but this year Fairmont High is going through a challenging adjustment of its own: The nearby Oak Canyon High has merged with it, and the incoming students turn out to be members of races Aidan thought only mythical. With ogres on the football team, pixies in band, and dryads on the staff of the school newspaper, both human and fairy students find themselves struggling to work through issues of tolerance and respect. Integration at a new school has never been so hard... or so rewarding.