Ash Ridley just bonded to a baby phoenix--the most powerful beast in
all of Cascadia--and he's hungry, hyperactive, high-maintenance, and
hiccups fireballs.
Twelve-year-old Ash waves goodbye to her miserable life as a traveling
circus stablehand when she and her feisty bird, Flynn, are whisked away
to the Academy of Beasts and Magic: a school where wealthy children
train unicorns, manticores, and scarf-wearing ice dragons. The downside
to owning such a highly magical beast? Everyone wants him. When a
mysterious sorcerer suggests the Academy may have dark intentions, Ash
realizes her tiny bird might be the key to saving Cascadia...or
destroying it.