Eleven-year-old Dorrie and her younger brother Gerry have always wanted to go on their own to Gran's for the summer -- and this year, they get to! They don't know it yet, but in the few weeks they spend with her, Gran's going to teach them about the Wheel of the Year. She's going to help them make their own Books of Shadows, too, including some magic spells! But will all that be enough to keep Dorrie from worrying that someone close to her might die?...