For the Floods, school includes classes in howling, burglary, and invisibility. They attend Quicklime College--the ultimate school for wizards and witches. And if their homework sounds like more fun than yours, that's because it is There's only one drawback to Quicklime: Orkward Warlock, the vilest boy in school. He hates everyone and everything, and he hates the whole big, happy Flood family most of all. He's even plotting to get rid of them. Fortunately the Floods are the best students the school has ever seen, and they're ready to teach Orkward a lesson that no one will ever forget