Beyond the Mirror: Redefining Fairytales in The School for Good and Evil

The story begins in the isolated village of Gavaldon, where every four years, two children are kidnapped by a mysterious School Master to populate the fabled Schools for Good and Evil.

The inciting twist occurs when the girls are dropped into the "wrong" schools: Sophie into the gloom of the School for Evil, and Agatha into the glittering halls of the School for Good. Deconstructing the Fairytale Archetype

: Gruff, "ugly," and living in a graveyard with her cat, Agatha is the village's natural candidate for a witch. Her only goal is to protect her best friend, Sophie, from being taken.