The Turned Away Girls

Delphirnia wants to sing. But everyone knows that on the island of Blightsend, music belongs only to the Masters, and the disobedient are consumed by the sea.

In the castle, under the strict supervision of the Mothers-educators, live the Turned Away Girls, and twelve-year-old Delphirnia is one of them. When the Masters play instruments, the Turned Away Girls turn their music into gold, which goes into the king's treasury.

Delphirnia's Master becomes the Prince himself, but he has no idea that the girl can only create birds with her singing. Will she be able to hide her secret? Why are the Turned Away Girls kept captive? And how is this connected to the long-lost queen?