On the Night of the Purple Moon, twelve-year-old Tansy WaterSprite bolts from a grim life in the Human Realm into QuillSnap—the most prestigious faery finishing school in the Seven Realms. Here, first-years (the “Sprouts”) train on butterflies, decode gazing globes, and learn under Headmistress Vivi SparkleBrite and a glittering faculty at the Sea Glass Castle and the Spellatorium. But QuillSnap’s new year opens under a veil of danger: a missing invitation, a swapped satchel, and whispers of a banished teacher—Merkel, once called Tempest—plotting a return.

As Tansy battles imposter syndrome, a mercurial butterfly, and a mean-girl legacy who “knows everything,” she discovers that courage, quick thinking, and true friends (plus a very bossy lady beetle) may be the strongest magic of all. When the Sprouts’ first elixir under the purple moon becomes a race against sabotage, Tansy must outfly, outthink, and out-sparkle the forces set on toppling QuillSnap—before the hourglass runs dry.

Brimming with couture wings, crystalline waterfalls, and clock-ticking peril, Faery Academy of QuillSnap is a luminous school-fantasy where found family, grit, and glitter save the day.