Having magickal talent can be difficult. A harsh life awaits tough young wizards who don't always get along: rebels, misfits, and kids turned bad by a hard knocks ...At Long Step Academy, the criminal, the confused, the wild talent, and the nonconformist present a potent mix that challenges the instructors - who must be ready for literally anything! Young Busker Freemantle is swept from an underground station into the raucous life at Long Step. His parents never dreamed that London school would take him into the World of Magick. Busker's challenges include: * Investigating murders * Bedroom doors that talk back * Staying alive thru lunch Busker is free to leave whenever he wants. But now that Busker has discovered magick, he doesn't want to leave the Scheherazade Hotel and the chances for adventure and enchantment that Long Step Academy offers him - in this newest offering in the Wizard Academies fantasy series.