Akarnae is a long standing tradition, a school for the magically gifted where teens' abilities are nurtured.

But the International Exchange Academy isn't what it seems.īehind the facade lies a school beyond the human realm. So as her parents set off on their latest adventure, Alex is enrolled into the International Exchange Academy, a boarding school where she will reside for the entire school year. Will Alex risk her entire world, and maybe even her life, to save Medora?īeing the daughter of two successful archaeologists has left almost sixteen year old Alex with a sense of wonder, but also a longing for the comforts of home. Only she can save the Medorans, but what if doing so prevents her from ever returning home? Is looming.Īn unwilling pawn in a deadly game, Alex's shoulders bear the crushing weight of an entire race's survival.

She soon starts to enjoy her bizarre new world and the friends who embrace her as one of their own, but strange things are happening at Akarnae, and Alex can't ignore her fear that something unexpected. While waiting for him to reappear, Alex attends Akarnae Academy, Medora's boarding school for teenagers with extraordinary gifts. Desperate to return home, she learns that only a man named Professor Marselle can help her. With just one step, sixteen year old Alexandra Jennings's world changes, literally.ĭreading her first day at a new school, Alex is stunned when she walks through a doorway and finds herself stranded in Medora, a fantasy world full of impossibilities.

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