"When Rye O'Chanter is declared an outlaw from her own village, she finds herself stuck on a strange remote island. But the island comes to feel much less remote when the battle over the future of the Luck Uglies moves to its shores"--
After rescuing her father in the forest Beyond the Shale, Rye works to help him take control of both the Luck Uglies and the Fork-Tongue Charmers, but when she returns home to the Drowning, she finds it beset by Bog Noblins.
Eleven-year-old Rye O'Chanter and her two friends delve into the secret lore of their village when mysterious creatures of legend reappear on the night of the Black Moon, leading them to the notorious secret society, the Luck Uglies.