Onyx Glanton sticks out like a sore thumb as the only black kid at Hemlock Hills (Alabama) Comprehensive School. Ask her if she cares! She’s a cool kid. A kid who takes care of business. A kid who can move a mountain if it really needs moving. This time, though, she may be in a little over her head. Onyx has a dark secret…
 
Jasper Johnson is a white kid from a rich family and he’s known all the other kids in Hemlock Hills since fetushood. But you don’t have to look hard at Jasper to notice he doesn’t precisely blend in, either, and you don’t have to know him long to realize he’s got his own little problems…
 
The Yunwi Tsunsdi (say “Young Wheat Sundaes” and you’ll get close) are the legendary Cherokee Little People: Dogwood, who is wise and good; Laurel, who would be okay if not for the obnoxious little thing about practical jokes; and Rock, who’s frankly mean but let’s hope just a fear-biter…
 
Onyx and Jasper could use a little help. So, they learn, could the Yunwi Tsunsdi. And thus begins the quest!