'The aim of the serum I was injected with was to concentrate the cancer molecules and ultimately shrink them down to about a twentieth of their original size, which would kill them off… and what the doctors forgot to mention here, was that if the chemical combination of my blood cells was as rare as my own, there would be a somewhat awkward reaction. Sally Ryan’s serum made not just the cancer but the rest of my bones and muscles shrink down to about a twentieth of their original size. So yes, I’m pretty small for my age. Small enough to fit in someone’s hand. Small enough to ride on their shoulders. Small enough to call myself five and a half inches tall.'

Amy Leebeck is your average 16 year old girl, apart from one tiny detail. She has grown up five inches tall and faces the tough challenges of living at her size. When she was abducted by a boy fighting a lost cause, Amy thought that her pitiful existence was over. But as she gets to know her mysterious kidnapper, her dull and dreary life begins to unfold...