This is the story of a secret. A secret so big and dangerous that even the story itself is a secret. To find out what it is, you have to risk everything . . .

Self-described survivalist Cass sees potential disaster everywhere, so no one believes her when a classmate is kidnapped by the dazzling but dangerous Dr L and Ms Mauvais. No one except super-talkative misfit Max-Ernest. Cass and Max team up to solve the mystery of the magician's notebook and the Symphony of Smells, discover a secret lost to the ages, and rescue Ben before his brain is sucked out through a straw.