Ash Ridley just bonded to a baby phoenix—the most powerful beast in all of
Cascadia—and he’s hungry, hyperactive, high-maintenance, and hiccups
fireballs. Twelve-year-old Ash waves goodbye to her miserable life as a
traveling circus stablehand when she and her feisty bird, Flynn, are
whisked away to the Academy of Beasts and Magic: a school where wealthy
children train unicorns, manticores, and scarf-wearing ice dragons. The
downside to owning such a highly magical beast? Everyone wants him. When a
mysterious sorcerer suggests the Academy may have dark intentions, Ash
realizes her tiny bird might be the key to saving Cascadia…or destroying
it.