The story begins in the isolated village of Gavaldon, where every four years, two children are kidnapped by a mysterious School Master to populate the fabled Schools for Good and Evil.
The inciting twist occurs when the girls are dropped into the "wrong" schools: Sophie into the gloom of the School for Evil, and Agatha into the glittering halls of the School for Good. Deconstructing the Fairytale Archetype The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani
: Gruff, "ugly," and living in a graveyard with her cat, Agatha is the village's natural candidate for a witch. Her only goal is to protect her best friend, Sophie, from being taken. The story begins in the isolated village of