Twelve-year-old Ellie cant help that shes a witch. Ellie applies to the Fairy Godmother Academyher golden ticket to societal acceptance. But Ellies dreams are squashed when she receives the dreaded draft letter to serve as a knight of King Arthurs legendary Round Table. She can get out of the draftbut only if she saves a lost cause. Enter Caedmon, a boy from Wisconsin struggling with the death of his best friend. When Merlins ancient magic foretells his familys death if he doesnt follow through, he travels to the knights castle, where he learns of a wicked curse leeching the knights of their power. To break the curse, Ellie and Caedmon must pass a series of deathly trials and reforge the lost, shattered sword of Excalibur.