caroline garden is a teenager who is quiet happy with her life and her school, and does not understand why her mother insists on celebrating her sixteenth birthday with a big party, by sending invitations to all her classmates and relatives. of course the news of the party and the popular band hired to play changes the way her classmates relate to her, including bernard, the young man she has a crush on. during the party carrie meets the handsome but enigmatic erick thatcher, son of one of her mother’s friends. she also meets a mysterious woman, the venerable ambrosina. after carrie’s guests all left early and only her mother’s friends remained after midnight, there was a revelation. they were all witches, and carrie was also given powers that had been undisclosed since her birth. she also finds out she has an enemy to fight and defeat – hypollitus – an evil wizard who wants to have all the power to rule. carrie is the only one who can defeat this monster in a fierce battle. through her struggle to accept her different status and make a decision about accepting her mission in life, carrie matures from a socially awkward and shy girl into a young woman who loves intensely and who faces her mission with courage because of the love she discovers in her heart for all those depending on her. will carrie defeat hyppolitus and find out erick’s real heritage at last?