The Sapling CageThe Sapling Cage

Lorel has always dreamed of becoming a witch. Even though a strange plague is killing the trees in the Kingdom of Cekon and witches are being blamed for it, Lorel wants nothing more than to join them. There's only one problem: all witches are women, and she was born a boy. When the coven comes to claim her best friend, Lorel disguises herself in a dress and joins in her friend's place, leaving home and her old self behind. Lorel makes friends and begins learning magic from the powerful witches in her coven, but she fears that her new friends and mentors will find out her secret and kick her out of the coven, or worse.