Carla is startled out of her sleep when something flicks her nose. It gets worse when she mashes an elf with her big toe. And then she gets hit in the head by her sneaker that is trying to fly around the room. Carla and the elf, Elan, become fast friends but what Elan hasn't told her yet begins to turn her world upside-down. He has lost his Focus Stone, so his magic is not focused - at all! Before Carla can get to her oatmeal she has turned into a dragon, then her mother into an apple tree. Carla must go to school as a dragon in search of Elan's stone to change them both back. She hopes it will be quick and easy, but it's not - chaos quickly envelopes Carla and her entire fourth-grade class.