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1) Mrs. S
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Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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In an elite English boarding school where the girls kiss the marble statue of the famous dead author who used to walk the halls, a butch antipodean outsider arrives to take up the antiquated role of "matron." Within this landscape of immense privilege, where difference is met with hostility, the matron finds herself unsure of her role, her accent and her body. That is until she meets Mrs. S, the headmaster's wife, a woman who is her polar opposite--an...
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Jane Austen mystery volume 15
Language
English
Description
March 1817: As winter turns to spring, Jane Austen's health is in slow decline, and threatens to cease progress on her latest manuscript. But when her nephew Edward brings chilling news of a death at his former school, Winchester College, not even her debilitating ailment can keep Jane from seeking out the truth. Arthur Prendergast, a senior pupil at the prestigious all-boys' boarding school, has been found dead in a culvert near the schoolgrounds--and...
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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In her second year at Arcanum Training Institute, Ella grapples with fame, unearths a perilous school secret, and faces a mysterious magical illness outbreak, prompting her, alongside Brigit and Jason, to clear her name, while working tirelessly to safeguard the Marvellian realm from impending chaos.
5) The narrow
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Everyone has heard the story of the Narrow. The river that runs behind the Atwood School is only a few feet across and seemingly placid, but beneath the surface, the waters are deep and vicious. It's said that no one who has fallen in has ever survived. Eden White knows that isn't true. Six years ago, she saw Delphine Fournier fall into the Narrow--and live. Delphine now lives in careful isolation, sealed off from the world. Even a single drop of...
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Unicorn Academy treasure hunt volume 4
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
With the map complete and one riddle between them and the treasure, Sienna, her Unicorn Sparkle, and their friends must race to find the treasure, and Sparkle's magic, before the end of the year.
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Academy of the Sun volume 1
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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When twelve-year-old Onyeka discovers that she has psychokinetic powers, her mother reveals that she is Solari, part of a secret group of Nigerian mutants that trains at the Academy of the Sun.
9) The showdown
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Saddlehill Academy volume 2
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Abby is worried her unmasked blackmailer will expose the one secret she cannot risk getting out, and to make matters worse, the drama is affecting her performance on Beau, putting her place on the team in jeopardy.
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Series
Saddlehill Academy volume 1
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Seventh grader Abby St. Clair is eager to start another season with her elite riding team at Saddlehill Academy boarding school, competing against her new stepsister--until she starts getting anonymous messages threatening to expose the secret she is desperate to hide.
11) Ivy and Flame
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Unicorn Academy treasure hunt volume 3
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Ivy, Flame, and the rest of Ruby dorm must find the final piece of the treasure map, which will lead them to the Unicorn's Diamond, but someone else is determined to find it first.
12) Deephaven
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English
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When Guinevere "Nev" Tallow receives an acceptance letter to the exclusive Deephaven Academy, they know it's the fresh start that they've been looking for. But things are strange from the moment they arrive--the house itself seems to breathe, students whisper secrets in dark corridors, and the entire east wing of the academy is locked away for reasons no one wants to explain. And Nev knows something ragged stalks the shadowy corridors, something that...
13) Cherish
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Crave volume 6
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
It's been over three months since my friends and I took down Cyrus. Three months where my biggest fear was what paper was due next... But I should have known it was too good to last. Now everything is falling apart. The Vampire Court has no king, the Dragon Court has no heart, and the Gargoyle Court has me--a teenager in way over her head. And it's the worst possible timing, because a threat is brewing just as the Circle is collapsing. I have no choice...
Author
Publisher
Roca editorial
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
El potencial de todos los niños regularmente es determinado por una medida estandarizada: su coeficiente intelecutal (iq). Si la puntuación es elevada, el camino hacia un futuro dorado pasa por un colegio de nivel superior. Si la puntuación es demasiado baja, el futuro pasa por un colegio público con perspectivas muy limitadas. ¿El propósito? Una sociedad mejorada en la que los costes de la educación estén controlados al máximo posible y...
15) Forever twelve
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Series
Evers volume 1
Language
English
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At the elite West Archer Academy, all the students are gifted, but four are exceptional. Though the Evers look twelve, they're actually centuries old, possessing knowledge and talents that make them extraordinary. And boarding school is the perfect cover for their brilliance -- and their secret. It's supposed to be a typical year in the anything-but-typical lives of these "kids" . . . until Ivy Stewart shows up. She resembles an Ever who went missing...
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English
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Within the walls of Wodebury Hall, an elite boarding school in the English countryside, reputation is everything. But aspiring photographer Iyanu is more comfortable observing things safely from behind her camera. For Iyanu's estranged cousin, Kitan, life seems perfect. She has money, beauty, and friends like queen bee Heather. But as a Nigerian girl in a school as white and insular as Wodebury, Kitan struggles with the personal sacrifices needed...
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Academy of the Sun volume 2
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
On the run after exposing their head teacher's hidden agenda, Onyeka and her superpowered friends work with a group of rebels to defeat their shared nemesis.
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English
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From the mid-century metropolis of Chicago to the windswept ancestral lands of the Dakota people, to the bleak and brutal Indian boarding schools, A Council of Dolls is the story of three women, told in part through the stories of the dolls they carried. Sissy, born 1961: Sissy's relationship with her beautiful and volatile mother is difficult, even dangerous, but her life is also filled with beautiful things, including a new Christmas present, a...
19) In memoriam
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Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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It's 1914, and World War I is ceaselessly churning through thousands of young men on both sides of the fight. The violence of the front feels far away to Henry Gaunt, Sidney Ellwood and the rest of their classmates, all of whom are safely ensconced in their idyllic boarding school in the English countryside. They receive weekly dispatches from The Preshutian, their school newspaper, informing them of older classmates killed or wounded in action. Their...
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Murder most unladylike mystery volume 9
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Daisy and Hazel are finally back at Deepdean, and the school is preparing for a most exciting fiftieth anniversary celebration. Plans for a weekend of festivities are in full swing. But in the detectives' long absence, Deepdean has changed. Daisy has lost her popularity crown to a fascinating new girl, and many of the Detective Society's old allies are now their sworn enemies. Then the girls witness a shocking incident in the woods close by-a crime...
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