Sixteen-year-old Canny Mochrie`s holiday takes a turn when she stumbles upon a mysterious & enchanting valley, occupied almost entirely by children who can perform a special type of magic that tells things how to be stronger & better than they already are. As Canny studies the magic more carefully, she realizes that she not only understands it
- she can perform the magic, too, so well that it feels like it has always been a part of her. With the help of an alluring seventeen-year-old boy who is held hostage by a spell that is now more powerful than the people who first placed it, Canny figures out the secrets of this valley & of her own past.