Natalie Winters is depressed about leaving everything familiar, moving to a small town in New York and starting a new school—until she meets Anali and Chloe and finds they're as interested in magic as she is. Each girl has an affinity for one of the elements and can draw on natural powers to perform small spells. But soon the friends are plunged into deeper magical waters, facing a djinn that's not as obedient as the genies in fairytales.

Natalie has no more time to mope as she and her friends forge an uneasy alliance with impetuous Taylor, the girl who summoned the wish-granting entity, and search for a way to defeat it. A brighter distraction from her worries is Luke, the boy-next-locker. His eyes are so blue they melt her insides, but he runs hot and cold and she has no idea where she stands with him.

After discovering her element—earth, Natalie finds layers of strength she never knew she possessed and plumbs the bedrock of her very being. When the young witches band together, can they channel enough power to trap the evil djinn forever?