One day eight-year-old Auggie Pound, the caretaker of the rare animals in the Fabled Stables, ventures into the swamp to save a new rare creature, the wisp.

Jonathan Auxier is the New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Peter Nimble andHis Fantastic Eyes, The Night Gardener, Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard, and Sweep. He lives with his family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Olga Demidova has illustrated many books for children around the world. She studied at the Moscow Art Institute of Applied Arts.