Ottoline lives in a large city with her parents who are Collectors, and travel all around the world. She spends most of her time with her best friend Mr. Monroe until she met Cecily Forbes Lawrence III and her pet horse Mumbles. The pair go to the Alice B. Smith School for the Differently Gifted where students all have strange talents like spinning plates. Ottoline can't quite figure out her special talent until she discovers the mystery of the curse of the Horse of Hammersteins and her skills as a detective come to life. The mystery and illustrations will keep anyone reading, and the weird and fantasy like creatures are enough to get any kid smiling.
