Facing a long summer holiday with no better company than Craig, her horrible brother, Amy begins to invent the history of Amaryllis Loveday, daughter of the Fourth Castle in the magical land of Ankoor. Amaryllis tearns to tend the beautiful reinbeast. Lady Jasmin insists on behaviour befitting a daughter of the Fourth Castle. Bored and resentful that her brother Crag has gone to Western Port without her. Amaryllis begins to write the history of Amy Day, a girl who has the freedom Amaryllis dreams of. In the space of a night, the girls switch identities. Now Amy must deal with the magic of Ankoor and the scheming of Lord Random, while Amaryllis is bewildered by the dishonest plans of Caz and the Gang. Can the girls survive to return to their own worlds? - back cover