Of Giants and Ice
By Shelby Back
Book Snapshot
She quickly discovers that isn't the only oddity about the program. The adults there dress as if they are in medieval costume. No one reacts to Rory's name. She learns the woman who recruited her had a two hour long meeting about Rory before she arrived. An annoying boy asks Rory if her dad is an Aladdin. Now she's being rushed along on an excursion with other students at EAS before she's even had so much as an orientation. Nothing makes sense, least of all the fact that she's suddenly cornered in a cavern by a living dragon.
It turns out the Ever After School is a training program for kids who are Characters waiting for a tale to find them. Will Rory ever be able to learn enough to catch up, and--more importantly-survive? Will she ever be able to tell her mom what she really does after school? Danger comes crashing all around when Rory's new friend Lena is given a quest. Lena picks Rory and Chase, an insufferable boy who rubs in Rory's failings, to accompany her up a magic beanstalk.