When she turns eighteen, Lena Mattacascar leaves her mother and grandmother to search for her missing father who disappeared into a wilderness known as Scree rumored to be populated by Peculiars--those banned from society. Lena fears she may be a Peculiar because of her large hands and feet. On her journey, Lena crosses paths with a young librarian, the strange inventor he works for, and a marshal who follows Lena with a hidden agenda.