When Izzy O'Donnell saved the students at Miss Posterity's Academy for Practical Magic, her courage caused the Mayor of New York to allow new "kindling schools" to open, and open them to any child who wanted to apply, even if they are poor, and that his how Maeve O'Donnell ended up with her older sister at the Manhattan School for Magic; but unlike Izzy, Maeve is terrified of magic because she feels its wildness, and fears that she will never be able...

Teo doesn't like the night; it frightens him. When it gets dark, he begins to shake, and he imagines all kinds of terrifying creatures: a witch with a magic wand, a lime-green dragon, a dancing skeleton, and a flying vampire. But there is something at night that Teo does like: his friend Luna, the moon. He loves her so much that, upon seeing her cry one night because she lost her veil of light, he doesn't hesitate to embark on a journey through darkness...