Maybe it's because she wears wire bread ties in her hair to hold up her pigtails. Or maybe it's due to the fact that her best friend is a key collecting ferret named Lawrence. However, it just might be because she is able to play her clarinet - while it floats in the air untouched What is clear to all is that Amanda Sneed is different. Amanda just doesn't know why. That is, until something truly splendorific happens. It is upon meeting an enigma of a man and school janitor, Master Hemlock, that Amanda is given a magical gold coin, allowing her to make one wish. But her misinterpreted wish...