Ricky, a tough Hispanic boy in an inner-city school, finds his life transformed by a mysterious and magical substitute teacher in Gryphon. Everyone has had a strange teacher -but Miss Ferenczi is...

Ricky, a tough Hispanic boy in an inner-city school, finds his life transformed by a mysterious and magical substitute teacher in Gryphon. Everyone has had a strange teacher -but Miss Ferenczi is stranger than most. She can blow up a wind with her open palm and summon angels into her classroom! She also teaches Ricky and his peers about beauty, creativity, imagination- and about valuing the people who care for you.