Shirahama, Kamome

"With their magic contraptions in hand, Coco and her friends head to Ezrest for the annual festival, Silver Eve! The cobblestone streets of the crown city are lined with vibrant tents, and visitors from across the land partake in reunions and greetings anew. Here, witches, royals, the Knights Moralis, and even the Three Wise converge--each party carrying with them their private motivations and powerful histories. However, the bright lights and merriment lure in the uninvited as well"--Back cover.

Coco and her friends succeeded in their second trials, and now Tartah from Kalhn has asked Coco to help him run a shop at the Silver Eve witches' festival. The young students must weight the benefits and potential harm, though, of creating a magical contraption to sell at the festival.

"As the new trial comes to an end, one of Coco's rewards from Beldaruit the Wise is the story of Qifrey's past and how he came to desire the mysteries of magic. Feeling a connection with her own desire to save her mother, Coco departs for the source of all answers: the Tower of Tomes. But it is a perilous journey to make on her own, and the secrets held within could sway even the most virtuous of witches"--Back cover.

"Coco and her peers follow Olruggio and Luluci as they deftly ferry a wounded Qifrey to the underwater Great Hall where witches gather. To their surprise, Beldaruit of the Three Wise Ones awaits the young apprentices at the bottom of the ocean... And he's willing to offer another trial after Agott's and Richeh's was cut short. But the spells and tests of Beldaruit are as much a mystery to unfold as his past, and Coco may be the only one who can put the pieces together and close in on the startling truth..."--Back cover.

"Peril abounds as the witches of Qifrey's atelier continue their trials! In the depths of the Serpentback Cave, a brimmed cap casts its murky shadow upon Qifrey and his apprentices. The brimmed cap's dark magic has transformed Euini into a wild beast, and Coco, Tetia, and a critically injured Qifrey find themselves surrounded by the venomous stares of the cursed Romonons. In the face of doom, these witches must once again find a path to safety using their wits and their unique qualities, but will that be enough as they battle against a powerful new enemy who doesn't play by the rules?"--Back cover.

"Now that Coco has been fully accepted into Qifrey's Atelier, it's time for her and her colleagues to move onto the next test: The Sincerity of the Shield. Passing the test involves escorting some feathery friends to their nesting grounds, which sounds simple enough, except that the path before the young witches is a winding road filled with ancient magical traps! The test must also be completed in a group, and there's one witch-in-training from outside of Qifrey's atelier who doesn't seem to have the confidence to make the cut. To top it all off, a Brimmed Cap lurks in the shadows, waiting to attack . . ."--Amazon.com.

"Tho' Qifrey sends the Knights Moralis hence, admonishing their captain for his aim, his doubts yet linger, dubious and tense, and Qifrey finds them difficult to tame. The witches' adversary now draws nigh, and using magic's power not for good, in Coco opportunity they spy, their dark ambitions not yet understood. Obsessed to know the brimmed caps intent, now Qifrey to his fellow witches lies, betraying all he claims to represent, in service of a gambit most unwise. Still, Coco's none the wiser or the worse, but ignorance is innocence's curse"--Back cover.

"Her journey as a witch is underway, and Coco's earnest wish is but to learn but now she has a dragon in her way, and friendships that she badly wants to earn. For comrades lend one strength to carry on, and kindred spirits blunt the keenest threat. A dragon, once enraged, now sleeps 'til dawn, transforming peril into light vignette. Though Coco has attained apprenticeship, and Qifrey's trio now becomes quartet, his gift to Coco threatens to be stripped for wary Watchful Eyes no wrongs abet. When Knights Moralis come to take their due, her magic learned turns magic lost anew..."--Back cover.

"In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: she wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch - until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she's never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody 'knows' might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem"--Provided by publisher.