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In her second adventure, Ottoline is enchanted with her new friend, Cecily, and her new school for the "Differently Gifted." Ottoline's companion, Mr. Monroe, is impressed with neither, and he does his best to help Ottoline uncover the truth about Cecily's stories and the school's haunted corridors. Fantastical and commonplace events and visual and textual storytelling commingle in this quirky little tale.