Twelve-year-old Lark, determined to escape her squalid life at Miss Starvenger's boarding house, steals a magical sword from under the nose of Prince Jasper. The Sword has a mind of its own, and has chosen her to be the next Nightingale. Lark will need the help of her boarding house roommates if she wants to defeat the villainous forces that threaten to dismantle everything she holds dear.
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