Princess Keeah, a wizard in training, needs the help of her friends to keep her on the right path when the gift of her first Wizardbook grants her unprecedented power.
Derek Stone thought that his father and brother were killed in a train accident, but then his brother returns, strangely changed, and Derek begins to suspect that dead people are coming back to prey on the living.
Julie, Eric, and Neal become stranded when the rainbow staircase that leads from their world to the magical land of Droon disappears, and they must rush to find the five magical wizards who can help them get back home.
Devin Bundy and Francine Lang accidentally step from their school library onto the pages of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," where their respect for the title character grows by leaps and bounds.
After Eric's mother, and Gethwing, learn about the rainbow staircase, the Moon Dragon sends his minions to seek out a magical object in the Upper World that will give him power over the entirety of Droon.