Ethermancer

14 year old Alan Rush is an average teenager in every sense of the word. Most people would think that's a good thing. To have a normal life with no drama or action is something a lot of people would want.

But not Alan. He's always felt that there was something more to life than boring, small town America. He wants something exciting to happen to him. Something cool. Something adventurous. Something magical.

Then, halfway through the first month of high school, his wish is granted. Alan unlocks the power of Ether, the source of all life and an endless supply of magic. He is then found by a boarding school called Hammerson Academy, a top notch school in New York that only accepts one in two hundred students a year.

He leaves for the school, and soon finds out that he's not the only one with the power of Ether. Hammerson is, in fact, one of many secret schools made to train "Ethermancers," people who can draw on the limitless power of the Ether.

Alan soon meets Matthew Elliott, a guy who is oddy interested normal people; and Cindy Davis, an orphan who wants to find out who her real parents are. But in a world of magic and sorcery, only so much can go right.

After checking out a seemingly random book from the library, Alan and the others learn of a plot to take over the school from the inside.

And that the main force is among the student body.

After being rejected by the staff, the group then takes matters into their own hands as they try to find out who they can trust, what their options are, and how to combat the ones trying to take over Hammerson Academy.