Sophia Brandt is about to begin her first year at Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Although the disappearance of her parents still haunts her, she makes new friends at Ilvermorny and experiences the wonder of magic and competition for the first time. But not all is as it seems at the legendary wizarding school...and a mysterious plot could destroy the balance of magic and nature forever, unless Sophia and her friends can put a stop to it.