When an owl arrives on the doorstep of young Howie Porter to let him know that he has been invited to attend the Pigblemish School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he thinks that all his problems have been solved. Little does he realize that the school is located in one of the meanest towns in the old west. Soon, Howie and his friends will discover that it’s a live by the wand, die by the wand kind of world.