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Maxwell is unable to help Kyra understand her connection to the Temple keys so they seek Apinya’s help. Under Apinya’s guidance, Kyra has a vision of the Temple, the Cobra and the keys but things turn scary and Kyra decides to abandon Orb Magic. To improve her chances of a job with the DMI, Imogen wagers with Lily that she can acquire a fairy ability and Lily takes the bet to gain an elf skill.

Professor Maxwell allows Tayla to attend magic school for a day, but when Tayla cracks a magical mirror, she creates a malevolent doppelganger bent on destroying the Bureau, so she won’t be sent back into the mirror. Peter manages to warn Kyra, who is looking after her sickly stepfather, and she races to the rescue. Watching the Bureau put things right begins a change in Tayla’s attitude.

When Tayla loses a magical compact at school, Kyra’s friend Mathilda finds it and her wishes start coming true. Mathilda suspects the existence of magic so Kyra has to enlist the Bureau to convince her otherwise. With the café in danger of closing, Peter persuades his friend Ben to play guitar and sing. Ben is a hit and Lily gets a crush on him, but her attraction causes an embarrassing reaction.

Darra rescues Kyra then explains his quest to find the legendary Temple of the Purple Lotus. Kyra agrees to help Darra find the Three Keys to the Temple, and when they return to the warehouse the Cobra Statue offers the first Key to Kyra. Meanwhile, the Bureau continues to search for the magical graffiti artist and Imogen is intrigued by Tayla, the prickly new fairy waitress at the café.

Kyra coaches the class for Magic School Sports Day in order to avoid a humiliating third defeat by their rivals, the Crowther School. Maxwell magically examines the two Temple keys which causes a chaotic magical disruption at the sports event, with Kyra at the centre. Kyra is blamed for the chaos but the disruption gives her a vision of the Temple of the Purple Lotus.

When Imogen begins to suspect that Apinya is not who she claims to be, she and Lily set out to prove it and discover Apinya has a connection to the Bangkok warehouse where Darra and Kyra found the First Key. Kyra invites Darra to lunch so he can get to know her stepfather, and while looking at some old family photos, Kyra makes an astonishing discovery about her Triling heritage.

Despite the Bureau’s protests, Maxwell takes responsibility for the damage to the Library and is suspended from teaching. His replacement is Doctor Apinya, a distinguished magical archaeologist, who takes a keen interest in Kyra. To resurrect Ladder, Lily, Ruksy and Peter venture into the fairy tale book to secure enchanted wood and fall foul of the Witch of Crow Crag.

The Bureau attempts to capture a bug whose bite causes the victim to tell the truth, but the bug bites Lily who is on her first date with Ben. Peter and Ruksy must pretend they are back together in order to prevent Lily from revealing that she is a fairy. Kyra is refused permission to testify at Maxwell’s hearing before the DMI. Maxwell is removed from teaching and Apinya is made permanent.

Als bei Sophie von Stockhausen mit Anfang dreißig eine unheilbare Augenerkrankung diagnostiziert wird, die zur Erblindung führt, begibt sie sich auf eine emotionale Achterbahnfahrt. Vergeblich bemüht sie sich, die "Netzhautdystrophie" zu ignorieren, ja sogar zu leugnen, was angesichts des unaufhaltsamen Krankheitsverlaufs scheitern muss. Es wird langsam dunkel. Begleitet von Zuständen lähmender Angst, kräftezehrender Wut und Verzweiflung versucht sie, einen Umgang mit dem Unausweichlichen zu finden.

In der fantasievollen und magischen Welt von Simsala, dort, wo Wunder Wirklichkeit werden, wartet die nächste spannende Geschichte auf die beiden gewitzten Helden und Abenteurer Yoyo und Doc Croc. Es ist aber auch wie verflixt und zugenäht! Schuster Matthes und seine Frau Eleonora scheinen vom Pech verfolgt zu werden. Binnen weniger Tage ist sämtliches Schusterwerkzeug zu Bruch gegangen und alle Ersparnisse der beiden freundlichen Seelen sind aufgebraucht.

Die nächste aufregende Reise durch die magische Welt von Simsala wartet auf die wagemutigen Helden und zugleich besten Freunde, Yoyo und Doc Croc. Das verzauberte Märchenbuch navigiert die beiden Protagonisten zum talentierten Musikus und Flötenspieler Marsilius, mit dem sie sich auf Wanderschaft und somit in ihr nächstes spannendes Abenteuer begeben, bei dem sie abermals vor große Herausforderungen gestellt werden.