Falsely accused of bullying, wizard apprentice Tamrin leaves Canterstock College for Wizards and sets out in search of Sam, the only person to whom she has ever felt a connection, but Sam, adrift since his master Flaxfield died, has been targeted by Flaxfield's old enemy, the powerful wizard Ash.
When Ash escapes from her prison, the fate of the world falls to wizard apprentices Sam and Tamrin, their dragon Starback, and an unlikely ally, a roffle named Tadpole, who must find the courage to fight the diabolical wizard or all the magic in the world could disappear forever.
When an old, dying wizard steals magic from his twelve-year-old apprentice, Bee, and releases a new, wild magic into the world, another apprentice, Cabbage, sets out to find Bee and try to set things right again.
When Ash escapes from her prison, the fate of the world falls to wizard apprentices Sam and Tamrin, their dragon Starback, and an unlikely ally, a roffle named Tadpole, who must find the courage to fight the diabolical wizard or all the magic in the world could disappear forever.
The great wizard Flaxfield's death leaves his twelve-year-old apprentice Sam half-trained, but when other wizards gather and debate his fate Sam, not knowing whom to trust, leaves with only his dragon, Starback, for company, unaware of the perils he must face.
Falsely accused of bullying, wizard apprentice Tamrin leaves Canterstock College for Wizards and sets out in search of Sam, the only person to whom she has ever felt a connection, but Sam, adrift since his master Flaxfield died, has been targeted by Flaxfield's old enemy, the powerful wizard Ash.
Bertie thinks that other kids will like him if he loses weight and so he drinks a special remedy which causes weightlessness, but getting thin requires other measures.
