Cara is so ugly, mirrors would rather break than show her reflection.
Not even her own parents can deny her ugliness, and nothing can make up
for the cruelty of her schoolmates. Tormented and tortured by the
shallow people of Flock's Rest, Cara's life is miserable. Then Cara
receives a shimmering note from some exotic place suggesting that
there's more to her than meets the eye. Cara wonders if her destiny has
something to do with her recurring dreams of a beautiful green valley
where the people are so accepting, her ugliness doesn't matter. Soon,
Cara discovers that her valley of dreams is real. It's a place where the
ugliest of ducklings can become swans. A swan, however, can have a
serious taste for revenge . . . deadly revenge.