A lonely thirteen-year-old girl struggles to make a new life without a mother or friends. Her distant, workaholic father offers little companionship, and her closest friend is her horse. When Marigold encounters a boy being attacked by banshees in the forest, she is surprised to learn that she can repel them with her mind. This chance rescue reveals a hidden Elven world, full of wonder, friends, and first love. When the elder Elf invites Marigold to attend ElvenAcademy, she begins her magical journey. But, Marigold soon discovers an evil that threatens everything she has come to love. Hemlock, a wicked Elf, and his banshees are controlling her father in a plot to destroy the real and magical worlds. Can Marigold, with the help of her new friends, defeat Hemlock and save her father in time?