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Under A Different Sky

author: Savage, Deborah
A boy with Olympic dreams and an extraordinary horse struggles to transcend his impoverished family background as he falls in love with the emotionally troubled daughter of a wealthy family.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: horsemanship, horses, love, boarding schools [X], schools [X]

The Explosionist

author: Davidson, Jenny
In Scotland in the 1930s, fifteen-year-old Sophie, her friend Mikael, and her great-aunt Tabitha are caught up in a murder mystery involving terrorists and suicide-bombers whose plans have world-shaping consequences.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1010
subjects: terrorism, bombings, boarding schools [X], schools [X], orphans, scotland

Thorn Abbey

author: Ohlin, Nancy
When Tess transfers to New England's premier boarding school, Thorn Abbey, she quickly falls for mysterious, brooding Max but Max is still mourning the death of his girlfriend, Becca, and Becca's ghost is not quite ready to let him go.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 590
subjects: boarding schools [X], schools [X], ghosts, dating (social customs), private schools, new england

The Indigo Spell

author: Mead, Richelle
Young alchemist Sydney Sage tracks down fugitive alchemist Marcus Finch, who urges her to rebel against those who raised her, telling Sydney they have more power over her than she thinks.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710

A Royal Match

author: O'connell, Tyne
Contains two novels, including "Pulling Princes" and "Stealing Princes, " which follow the adventures of Calypso Kelly, a fifteen-year-old California girl who attracts the attention of England's Prince Freddie while attending a British boarding school.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: interpersonal relations, fencing, boarding schools [X], princes, schools [X], england

A Great And Terrible Beauty

author: Bray, Libba
After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 760
subjects: schools [X], boarding schools [X], supernatural, magic, england

Simon Says

author: Alphin, Elaine Marie
Sixteen-year-old Charles Weston wants nothing more than to stop hiding his artwork from those around him, and desperate to break free of the demands of his parents, teachers, and classmates, Charles closes himself off from others.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
subjects: schools [X], artists, painting, identity, boarding schools [X]

The Golden Lily

author: Mead, Richelle
At a boarding school in glamorous Palm Springs, California, alchemist Sydney must protect the vampires-in-hiding from the threat of other humans, a task made harder by forbidden romances, unexpected spirit bonds, and the threat of Strigoi moving ever closer.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690

Little Men

author: Mcfadden, Deanna
An abridged version of the Louisa May Alcott novel that follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy, comfortable, and stimulating place.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1260
subjects: schools [X], boarding schools [X], school stories, family, new england

Silenced!

author: Doyle, Bill H.
In 1969, fourteen-year-old Mal enrolls in a rural California boarding school where he finds himself caught up in a plot involving endangered animals and an illegal pesticide.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: endangered species, ddt (insecticide), boarding schools [X], schools [X], california

A Little Princess

author: Christopher, Tracy
When a young girl in a London boarding school is impoverished by her father's death and made to work as a servant, she struggles to remain a "little princess" on the inside, no matter what her position.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: boarding schools [X], orphans, schools [X], england, london (england)

Spud, The Madness Continues--

author: Van De Ruit, John
Fifteen-year-old Spud's 1991 diary reflects ongoing concerns about his manhood and his weird family, boarding school adventures of the Crazy Eight, a disastrous theater performance, and the joys and perils of having two beautiful women in his life.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: puberty, boarding schools [X], schools [X], choirboys, family life, south africa, diaries

The Adventures Of Michael Macinnes

author: Carney, Jeff
In 1924, high school junior Michael MacInnes, a free-thinking poet and orphaned scholarship student, stirs up trouble when he challenges the rules and traditions of his prep school.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: poets, orphans, nineteen twenties, schools [X], boarding schools [X]

Shadow Hills

author: Hopcus, Anastasia
Enrolling in a New England boarding school after her sister's mysterious death, sixteen-year-old Phe Archer uncovers a secret that could answer all her questions, but could also cost her her life.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: schools [X], boarding schools [X], supernatural, massachusetts

Destiny

author: Shields, Gillian
When a threat from her unhappy childhood comes to the Wyldcliffe Abbey School for Young Ladies, Helen and her sisters in the Mystic Way must work together to fulfill their destiny.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: schools [X], love, witches, supernatural, boarding schools [X], england

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