Ivy used to be sure of who she wanted to become, but the closer graduation looms, the less certain she is about the ambition her life has been building up to. Wren struggles to hold his family together. His father has been despondent since the death of Wren's mother ten years ago. The only connection he still has with her is his magic, which he struggles to control. Meredith's burden is the heaviest of all: she's preparing to be the next queen of the elves, and she's finding it more difficult than she expected to navigate the torrent of rules and traditions that accompanies the role. Drawing nearer is the Rite of Passage, a month-long period where the elves must face the wilds of the forest, and their last challenge before they can be accepted into the elven society. It only complicates things when a sarcastic, arrogant dragonet crashes into their lives, forcing the three to use their unique skills to survive a dangerous journey to return the dragonet to her homeland.