Cassie has been homeschooled for most of her life and misses having the regular school experience like going to dances, seeing her friends at school everyday, and of course boys! With the help of her friends Emily and Ryan, they create a school for other homeschoolers for one day! At school, Cassie becomes smitten with a cute boy named Tyler, and fantasizes what it would be like if they were dating. The school becomes a success. Tyler, the only student on the school's football team wins the game and they all have a dance at the school to celebrate.

Nory and her best friend Reina enter the Sage Academy for Magical Studies, where Nory’s unconventional powers land her in a class for those with wonky, or “upside-down,” magic. Undaunted, Nory sets out to prove that that upside-down magic can be just as powerful as right-side-up.