Emily Scamander is beginning her first year at Hogwarts school of Witchcraft and Wizardry. And from what her father told her about the grand castle, she can't wait to start! But things don't exactly go as she imagined... Emily struggles to make friends and immediately becomes the "outcast kid." Not only that, but there is a mysterious beast terrorizing the students and the blame falls upon Newt! It's up to Emily and her fantastic family to prove her fathers innocence and capture the creature... before its too late.