Switched
Laura and Willa, born the same night seventeen years ago on opposite sides of Darien, Connecticut, are both unhappy with their lives and when they discover they look remarkably alike, they decide to try out one another's lives for four months.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 20
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: homicide, horror fiction, murder [X], horror stories, social classes, mothers and daughters, household employees, boarding schools, schools [X], mother-daughter relationship, private schools [X], school stories, horror tales
Kiss In The Dark
After coping with a murder, Scarlett makes a fresh start at the elite boarding school run by her grandmother.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mystery and detective stories, friendship, boarding schools, orphans, murder [X], england, schools [X], school stories, mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories, homicide, private schools [X], mystery fiction
When You Leave
When Cass transfers to a preppy new private school, she catches the eye of her cute locker neighbor, Cooper, but everything falls apart when Cooper is mysteriously murdered and Cass's close friend Gav is suspected as the killer.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 620
A Study In Charlotte
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson descendants, Charlotte and Jamie, students at a Connecticut boarding school, team up to solve a murder mystery.
FIC
year: 2016
copies: 32
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: schools [X], boarding schools, love, murder [X], mystery and detective stories, homicide, private schools [X], school stories, detective and mystery fiction, romance fiction
Jolly Foul Play
"Daisy and Hazel must solve another murder at Deepdean when a bullying Head Girl turns up dead on Bonfire Night"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: juvenile fiction / humorous stories, juvenile fiction / social issues / friendship, juvenile fiction / mysteries & detective stories, chinese, schools [X], boarding schools, bullying, murder [X], friendship, mystery and detective stories, great britain, homicide, bullies, private schools [X], school stories, detective and mystery fiction
How We Fall Apart
"Nancy Luo, Krystal Choi, Akil Patel, and Alexander Lin, juniors at Manhattan's elite Sinclair Prep, are forced to confront their secrets after Jamie Ruan, once their closest friend, is found dead"--OCLC.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 28
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: asian americans, betrayal, friendship, murder [X], preparatory schools, secrecy, schools [X], secrets, homicide, school stories, manhattan (new york, n.y.), psychological fiction, thrillers (fiction), private schools [X]
The Ivies
The Ivies, five prep school elites who would kill to get into the colleges of their dreams, has a showdown after Liv gets into Harvard and queen bee Avery does not.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 680
subjects: boarding schools, schools [X], college choice, murder [X], thrillers (fiction), private schools [X], school stories, homicide
The New Girl
"A transfer student and scholarship recipient, sophomore Lia Setiawan is angered when she discovers a cheating ring, but by the time she finds a dead body and shuts down the campus drug dealer, she fears she might be the biggest snake in the Draycott Academy nest of vipers"--OCLC.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: dating (social customs), drugs, murder [X], social media, social classes, indonesian americans, boarding schools, schools [X], homicide, private schools [X], school stories, school fiction, thrillers (fiction)
Tender Beasts
When a gruesome murder rocks Sunny's private school, with her own brother as the main suspect, she takes it upon herself to discover the real killer--and uncovers a slew of dark family secrets in the process.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 10
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder [X], siblings, secrecy, families, african americans, private schools [X], schools [X], detective and mystery stories, secrets, family life, mystery and detective stories, detective and mystery fiction, thrillers (fiction), school fiction
The Bewitching Hour
Seventeen-year-old Tara Maclay is at the center of a slew of unsolved murders in her new town and when the suspicion falls on her, she must find a way to reconnect with her absent magic and team up with the mysterious and distractingly cute, Daphne Frost who is hiding more than one secret.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: magic, witches, secrecy, murder [X], private schools [X], schools [X], secrets, witch fiction, paranormal fiction