12-year-old Lydia Morrison has been daydreaming too much in class and it's driving her teachers and classmates insane. After a parent-teacher conference, her parents are forced to send her to stay with relatives living in England, yet Lydia runs away from home. After receiving a strange letter from a mysterious owl, Lydia is is taken to Hogwash School of Magic & Mastery. There Lydia finds herself inserted into the worst house in  Hogwash and is quickly embroiled in a mystery that (if left unsolved) could destroy the entire school!