"Eleven-year-old Vanya Vallen has always felt like she doesn't fit in. She's British Indian in a mostly white English town, her parents won't talk about their pasts, and she has ADHD. Oh, and she talks to books. More importantly, the books talk back. When her family is attacked by a monster she believed existed only in fairy tales, Vanya discovers that her parents have secrets -- and that there are a lot more monsters out there. Overnight, she's whisked off to the enchanted library and school of Auramere, there's no escaping monsters. The mysterious, powerful Wild Hunt is on the prowl, and Vanya will need all her creativity and courage to unmask its leader and stop them before they destroy the only place she's ever truly belonged." -- Book jacket.