For Maddie Cole it has been all bad days since becoming the newest fourth grader atOakley Elementary. Targeted by the biggest, meanest fifth grader, Shelby Bell - alongwith her two toadies, Sierra Bell and Michaela Greevy - Maddie is abused, terrorized, androbbed of her lunch money every day. As the new kid, Maddie is everyone's punchingbag. Everyone except for Emmy and Lizzie Bayless, fraternal twins who can't be convincedthat they are not identical. Principal Bell, Shelby and Sierra's grandfather, refuses to stop the bullying, having goneso far as to fire any teacher daring to stand up to his monstrous granddaughters, leavingMaddie's parents with no choice but to call in outside help.The Fae. Unbeknownst to Maddie, her great-great grandfather performed a tremendous deed forthe Fae over a century ago, a debt that can never be fully repaid. Sharing his name, theFae believe that Maddie is the Namesake, a foretold hero of the Draar, werewolf alliesof the Fae, and they know that they must do anything to help her. Unfortunately, theFae are once again under threat of constant attack by the Moordenaari, a cabal of evilwizards, and Thralls, their possessed human servants. King Matthias can't afford to loseany of his best knights. He can only spare Brigglesby, a surly, lout of a Fae who absolutelydoesn't want the job. Forced into an oath, Brigglesby returns to Oakley with Maddie, bound to help hisnew charge find the strength she needs to handle her bully problem. What Brigglesbydiscovers, however, is that Maddie's bullies aren't the worst thing going on in Oakley.Good and evil, men and monsters, are focused on the little town, and Maddie Cole isright in the center of it all.