Matthew Granville, pretending to be an orphan, comes to the magical city of Carpetown to enroll in the Dichlorvos School of Magic in order to fulfill his cherished desire. The hero completes tasks in a competition for the right to become a student, participates in competitions, finds himself in funny and not so funny situations and gets out of them, using resourcefulness, ingenuity, magic and the help of others; saves the city from the predicted destruction and, thanks to this, as well as the help of friends made in the city, enters the School. Editor's recommendation: the book will be most interesting to readers from 10 to 17 years old.