Sophie is a young witch whose mother and grandmother pressure her to attend the Royal Magic Academyโthe best magic school in the realmโeven though her magic is shaky at best. To train for her entrance exams, Sophie is sent to relatives sheโs never met.
Cousin Sage and Great-Aunt Lan seem more interested in giving Sophie chores than in teaching her magic. Frustrated, Sophie attempts magic on her own, but the spell goes wrong, and she accidentally entangles her magic with the magic of a young water dragon named Lir.
Lir is trapped on land and canโt remember where he came from. Even so, heโs everything Sophie isnโtโbeloved by Sophieโs family and skilled at magic. With his help, Sophie might just ace her entrance exams, but that means standing in the way of Lirโs attempts to regain his memories. Sophie knows what sheโs doing is wrong, but without Lirโs help, can she prove herself?
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Wendy Xu is a Brooklyn-based illustrator and comics artist with several upcoming graphic novels from HarperCollins. She is the cocreator of Mooncakes, a young adult fantasy graphic novel published in 2019 from Lion Forge Comics/Oni Press, which has been nominated for Hugo, Ignatz, and GoodReads Choice Awards. Her work has been featured on Catapult, B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy Blog, and Tor.com, among other places. Visit her online at artofwendyxu.com.