When sixteen-year-old Ivy Winslow, a fanfic writer, accidentally brings Weston her favorite TV character to life, she enlists the help of her new best friend Henry and her ex-best friend Mack to deal with her creation.

Told from more than a dozen alternating viewpoints, this spellbinding collection of stories follows eighteen students at the Galileo Academy for the Extraordinary as they each try to solve the murder of a professor, discovering that magic doesn't always play by the rules.

"Everything happens for a reason. At least that's what everyone keeps telling Liam Cooper after his older brother Ethan is killed suddenly in a hit-and-run. Feeling more alone and isolated than ever, Liam has to not only learn to face the world without one of the people he loved the most, but also face the fading relationships of his two best friends in the process. Soon, Liam finds themself spending time with Ethan's best friend, Marcus, who might...

Amidst the ambition and competition at the elite Morton Academy, Liz, Taylor, Kat, Marcus, and Cole join forces to investigate a string of mysterious deaths and race to uncover the truth before more of the school's best and brightest fall victim.

When eighteen-year-old Tilly goes to London to intern for her sister's company, she begins to unmask her ADHD and connects with Oliver, another neurodivergent intern.

"Stonebridge High's resident bad boy, Wesley 'Big Mac' Mackenzie, is failing senior year--thanks to his unchecked anger, rowdy friends, and a tendency to ditch his homework for skateboarding...So when his mom drags him to a production of The Nutcracker, Wes isn't interested at all...until he sees Tristan Monroe...Wes knows he shouldn't like Tristan; after all, he's a ballet dancer...But when they start spending time together, Wes can't seem to get...

Posing as husband and wife, Cat takes desperate steps to keep Simon safe, but when he is recruited to profile a killer, she finds herself pulled back into a world of murder, mayhem, and magic. Cat and Simon arrive in the sprawling city of Londunium pretending to be a newly married couple, but don't expect to keep up the ruse for long. Cat looks forward to honing her healing magick at the local Selanae university, but instead finds a council of ruthless...

"This summer, Elsie is finally going to confess her feelings to her longtime - and long-distance - crush. They may be separated by an ocean, but Elsie feels fluttery every time Ada's name pops up on her phone. Ada gets her like no one else. That is, until Joan, Elsie's childhood best friend, literally walks back ito her life. Joan, who disappeared into radio silence after moving away to Hong Kong years ago, and never replied to any of Elsie's letters...

"A girl new to boarding school discovers dark secrets and coverups after her roommate disappears"--

To boost her college applications, seventeen-year-old Eloise, a loner girl struggling with her mental health, volunteers at a senior suppor center where she meets a dynamic elderly woman and a perpetually cheerful boy who challenge her to step out of her comfort zone.