A flute player gains admittance to the School of Musicraft as a seventh grader despite her grandmaʼs opposition and difficulty at the audition.  In her world, playing spells operates machinery (even aircraft), heals people, creates fires and storms.  Amelia is timid and perhaps overly concerned with other peopleʼs expectatons, but her big heart and persistence lead to triumph in the end and she comes to see the value of friendship.