What do you do when everything you have known to be true and comfortable is suddenly thrown out the window? You have no choice but to allow yourself to be sucked in. With her sophomore year of high school drawing to a close, Hayden thinks that she's going to enjoy her summer the same way she has done all the others--with her best friend Zach, going to parties and playing football. However, everything changes when the Williams decide that California is their next stop. More than just fantasy or teen fiction, the Ivory Series deals with society and discrimination, intertwining fiction with situations that people of any age can relate to, while at the same time discovering as Hayden does, the very essence of what it means to be human.