Callum Hunt comes from a family of Mages, but he has been brought up to fear magic after his mother died in a war when he was an infant. When the time comes for his test to get into the Magisterium, the school for Mages, his father wants him to fail so that he does not get into the school and he can no longer worry about his powers. Call tries very hard to fail, but he fails so miserably that he comes out at the top of the class ranking. When he is accepted into the Magisterium in a very important class group, his father tries to take him away but the Mages from the school make him stay. At the end of the story Call finds out that his father suspects that he has the most evil Mage inside him and that his father wants his magic bound so he can do no harm. However, Call believes that he can be good so he makes the decision to not bind his magic and he decides to continue in the Magisterium for the next school year.
I have some students who love reading about super powers and dream of having powers of their own, so book for students to live vicariously through a character could be in Iron Trial where Call grows up realizing he has powers, but thinks he will never use them, only to be forced into going to the Magisterium to develop those powers.
I would recommend continuing the series if readers liked this book. Also, if readers want to read something similar then I would recommend reading any of Cassandra Clare's Shadowhunter series. There are currently two trilogies, one series with seven books, and another with at least 11 books. All of her books have the same feel and deal with magic, magical creatures, and demons. Also, she was the coauthor of this book.
Citation
Clare, C., & Black, H. (2014). The iron trial. New York, NY: Scholastic Inc.
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