Ellie Ment and the Material Matter is an energetic, STEM-driven fantasy adventure that fuses real science with fast-paced storytelling and environmental themes. Magic isn’t science, but science is magic. 

The story follows 11-year-old Ellie Ment, a fiercely curious and resourceful science whizz, whose life is upended when she witnesses her school burn down in mysterious purple flames. Shortly after, her favourite teacher—Professor Fialova—entrusts her with a secret pair of Elemental Bracers: scientifically engineered wrist devices that allow the user to summon, manipulate, and interact with elements such as Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, and more.

But Ellie soon discovers that her gift is part of a much larger mystery. As she learns to master her new skills, she becomes embroiled in a hidden world where environmental threats, corporate secrets, and scientific wonders collide. Along the way, she’s joined by her inventive best friend Michael Upperton, a passionate upcycler and musician, who must find his own way to contribute, even without the Bracers.

Through humour, daring experiments, quantum echoes, and thrilling missions, Ellie must navigate the tension between the idealism of youth and the pragmatism of adults—and figure out whether real change is possible when the world seems stacked against her.