Ava Lavender is a girl born with wings. She lives in a house on a hill with her mother, grandmother, whom everyone in the neighborhood calls a witch, and a strangely silent twin brother. Ava's mother forbids them to show themselves to their neighbors. But one day, Ava loses her patience and leaves the house, wanting to be a normal teenager for just one day. Only she can’t imagine how those around her will treat her, especially the devout Nathaniel Sarrows, who takes her for an angel...