Amira and Hamza have returned from Qaf, the magical Jinn world, as triumphant heroes — and life has been pleasantly quiet. Too quiet. Hamza is determined to have one last monumental, epic adventure before summer ends.

Tien and his mother may come from different cultures — she's an immigrant from Vietnam still struggling with English; he’s been raised in America — but through the fairy tales he checks out from the local library, those differences are erased.