Ken Petti

Twelve-year-old Zenda of Azureblue, a magical planet, enters an alternative dimension where everything seems to be perfect, and where she expects to recover another of the musings lost when she broke her crystal gazing ball.

Having retrieved all the pieces of her gazing ball and learned that she has two powers--kani and aura sight, Zenda goes on a retreat led by her friend Persuaja to learn the value of her talents and the responsibilities that accompany them.

While visiting relatives on the planet Crystallin, twelve-year-old Zenda is dazzled by the sparkling world of jewels so unlike her own agrarian world, but Zenda's talents with plants are called upon when her rebellious older cousin gets in trouble.

Zenda's return to school in the fall brings interesting challenges--a new girl who seems to be stealing all of Zenda's friends, and a caterpillar that she must care for until it turns into a butterfly.

Zenda enters the Aurora Academy and learns that she will have to help six people with her aura sight and kani gift (the ability to communicate with plants) before the term ends.

While on a school trip to Aquaria, one of Azureblue's moons, Zenda is separated from the group with her nemesis, Alexandra, and they must work together to reach safety while avoiding the monster born of their own doubt and fear.

On the planet Azureblue on the eve of her thirteenth birthday, Zenda finds the final three musings from her broken gazing ball and is able to attend the harana ceremony that will reveal her personal gifts and guide her life's work.

When Zenda arrives late to class and finds everyone frozen in time, she suspects a rare plant is the cause and, with Persuaja's help, she manages to go back in time on the astral plane to seek the antidote.