
Aisha, a 13-year-old girl, lives in 11th century Al-Andalus, where fireworks displays are the most popular entertainment and the one big passion of young Aisha, who dreams of becoming a professional rocketeer one day. Someday, the adventurous alchemist Txawir comes to town, using Aisha for his own purposes and convincing her to steal a banned book from the Calipha’s library without permission. Txawir disappears with the book, for which Aisha’s father is blamed. To recover the book and save her father, Aisha embarks on an adventurous journey…

Out of place in the clipped town of Primrose and even her own family, wild child Mia and her scruffy pet rat Quentin are sent to the mysterious Rotwood Academy after one too many problems. The new school gives her the creeps, and Mia needs to figure a way out before her new classmates realize she isn’t a monster like them! But vice principal Van Vlad hosts a particular dislike for humans, and Mia is scared he's seen through her act...