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Weirdest weekend ever! / by Coven, Wanda.; Abramskaya, Anna.;
It's the annual Friends and Family Weekend at Broomsfield Academy, and Heidi is so excited for her best friend, Lucy Lancaster, to come visit! But opening the gates of the only school for witches-in-training to outsiders can get complicated... Mrs. Kettledrum warns the students that things might go haywire with the influx of extra energy from the visitors. Still, with guests wearing the charmed bracelets the students made, there's no need to worry--right?Ages 8-12.
Subjects: Witches; Boarding schools; Middle schools; Secrecy; Interpersonal relations;

The mystery of Black Hollow Lane / by Nobel, Julia.;
Twelve-year-old Emmy investigates the connection between her father's disappearance and a secret society at her prestigious English boarding school.Ages 8 and up.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Boarding schools; Secret societies; Missing persons;

Studies at the school by the sea / by Colgan, Jenny,author.; container of (work):Colgan, Jenny.Studies.;
"Beloved literature teacher Maggie Adair loves her life at the prestigious Downey House boarding school on the gloriously sunny, windy English coast. It was there that she found her footing as a teacher and fell in love with her colleague David--the two great anchors of her life. But these days Maggie's feeling restless, lured by the promise of a different life back in her Scottish hometown. How can you follow your heart when it seems to be taking you in two directions at once? Meanwhile, Maggie's favorite students are abuzz at the thought of graduation and set to fly the nest to their next adventure. What will life hold for mercurial Fliss, glamorous Alice, and shy, hard-working Simone when they finally finish their studies at the school by the sea? Will Maggie stay to welcome the next class of girls, or will she too graduate to new adventures?"--
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Chick lit.; Domestic fiction.; Novels.; Boarding school students; Man-woman relationships; Teachers; Teachers; Women teachers;

Liar's beach / by Cotugno, Katie,author.;
"Michael Linden--or just Linden to his preppy boarding school pals--doesn't belong in wealthy, storied Martha's Vineyard. But when his roommate Jasper invites him to spend the end of summer at his massive beachfront home, August House, Linden tries his best to fit in. Linden wouldn't call it lying, exactly. Though it turns out August House is full of liars. Then someone is found unconscious in Jasper's pool, and everyone has something to hide--Jasper, his beautiful sister Eliza, their older brother Wells,and their friends. The accident is written off as just that--an accident--but Linden begins to wonder ... Enter: Holiday Proctor. Linden's childhood friend, and the one person on the island who knows the truth about Linden. There's nothing Holiday loves more than a good old-fashioned mystery and she's convinced there's a potential killer on the Vineyard"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Novels.; Boarding school students; Murder; Secrecy; Truthfulness and falsehood; Boarding school students; Honesty; Murder; Secrets;

The Furies / by Lowe, Kathryn A.,author.;
In 1990s England, at an elite boarding school connected to seventeenth-century witch trials, troubled sixteen-year-old Violet is drawn into a circle of friends dabbling in witchcraft to avenge wrongs done to them.
Subjects: Paranormal fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Boarding schools; Friendship; Murder; Revenge; Schools; Boarding schools; Friendship; Murder; Revenge; Schools;

Wildefire / by Knight, Karsten.;
After a killing for which she feels responsible, sixteen-year-old Ashline Wilde moves cross-country to a remote California boarding school, where she learns that she and others have special gifts that can help them save the world, but evil forces are at work to stop them."Ages 14 up"--P. [4] of cover.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Sisters; Goddesses; Gods; Supernatural; Boarding schools;
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The girl with the glass bird / by Kerr, Esme.;
"At Knight's Haddon, a remote all-girls boarding school, feisty orphan Edie is assigned to spy on fragile, exotic Anastasia. Instead, the two become best friends--and discover a sinister mystery"-- Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Best friends; Friendship; Boarding schools; Schools;

Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban / by Rowling, J. K.;
Harry Potter is a wizard in his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The atmosphere at Hogwarts is tense. The sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school and Harry, Ron and Hermione soon discover why wizards live in fear of Azkaban.
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Potter, Harry (Fictitious character); Wizards; Witches; Magic; Boarding schools;

Between earth and sky / by Skenandore, Amanda,author.;
In this provocative and profoundly moving debut, set in the tragic intersection between white and Native American culture, a young girl learns about friendship, betrayal, and the sacrifices made in the name of belonging. On a quiet Philadelphia morning in 1906, a newspaper headline catapults Alma Mitchell back to her past. Told in compelling narratives that alternate between Alma's childhood and her present life, this novel is a haunting and complex story of love and loss, as a quest for justice becomes a journey toward understanding and, ultimately, atonement.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Off-reservation boarding schools; Indians of North America; Trials (Murder); Atonement;

The legend of Shadow High / by Hale, Shannon.; Hale, Dean,1972-;
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Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Monsters; Fairy tales; Characters and characteristics in literature; Boarding schools;

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