10th&up. A different and really well-constructed work. 
 Werlin starts her novel with interesting but not unbelievable themes. Lucy's life quickly goes from ordinary to mind-altering, when she is date raped at the junior prom and finds out that this act was no accident and is actually connected to her insane absent mother, an evil elphin lord and a curse involving three impossible tasks set out in a version of the folk song Scarsborough Fair that has been passed down through generations in Lucy's family. 
 With the help of the loving parents who adopted her, and the slightly older boy next door who could become so much more, can a pregnant Lucy beat the curse and save herself and her soon-to-be-born daughter from the bleak future fortold in the ballad? 
 The rape scene was nicely crafted- subtle, yet not trivialized, and the mentions of abortion, the right to choose, teenage marriage and marital sex are merely touched upon. They are fitting with the story and not at all explicit or preachy. 
 I though it was a really unique and powerful book.