The Broken Girls
Fiona Sheridan investigates potentially haunted Idlewind Hall during its reconstruction in order to solve the murder of her sister.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: private schools [X], criminal investigation, homicide, ghost stories, detective and mystery fiction, thrillers (fiction) [X]
Hunting November
"After surviving a crash course in espionage at the mysterious Academy Absconditi, November has only one purpose: finding her missing father.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 870
subjects: boarding schools, secrecy, assassins, spy stories, teenagers, murder, secrets, private schools [X], homicide, spy fiction, thrillers (fiction) [X]
Ace Of Spades
"When two Niveus Private Academy students, Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo, are selected to be part of the elite school's senior class prefects, it looks like their year is off to an amazing start.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 57
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: african americans, cyberbullying, doxing, mystery fiction, private schools [X], racism, sexual minorities, mystery and detective stories, lgbtq people, school stories, detective and mystery fiction, thrillers (fiction) [X], high school students, schools, bullying, black people, bullies and bullying, school 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, preparatory schools, secrecy, schools, secrets, homicide, school stories, manhattan (new york, n.y.), psychological fiction, thrillers (fiction) [X], 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, college choice, murder, thrillers (fiction) [X], private schools [X], school stories, homicide
The Mary Shelley Club
"Scholarship student Rachel keeps to herself at Manchester Prep, preferring the company of horror films to trust fund babies.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
subjects: secret societies, boarding schools, practical jokes, homicide, clubs, detective and mystery stories, mystery and detective stories, detective and mystery fiction, thrillers (fiction) [X], private schools [X], mystery fiction
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, social media, social classes, indonesian americans, boarding schools, schools, homicide, private schools [X], school stories, school fiction, thrillers (fiction) [X]
The Lying Club
"At an elite private school nestled in the Colorado mountains, Natalie, an office assistant, dreams of having a life like the school moms she deals with every day.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Have You Seen Me?
". . . Lindsey Gillett is missing. And she's not the first girl at Waverly Prep to vanish without a trace.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: teachers, students, private schools [X], school stories, homicide, criminal investigation, mystery fiction, detective and mystery fiction, thrillers (fiction) [X]
The Headmaster's List
Eighteen-year-old Spencer Sandoval goes to dangerous lengths to uncover the truth about a fatal car crash and its relation to her school's honor roll.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: traffic accidents, private schools [X], schools, los angeles (calif.), thrillers (fiction) [X], detective and mystery fiction
They're Watching You
"To find her best friend Polly who went missing, Maren Montgomery enters into a high-stakes world she never knew existed within her boarding academy, where she is forced to play increasingly dangerous games to win Polly's survival"--OCLC.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: best friends, missing children, secret societies, boarding schools, friendship, private schools [X], thrillers (fiction) [X], school fiction
Their Vicious Games
"Eighteen-year-old Adina Walker, a scholarship student at a prestigious academy, faces the consequences of a single mistake and competes in a high-stakes contest hosted by the wealthy Remington family, where she uncovers unsettling truths about the sponsors and the contest's high stakes"--Provided by publisher.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: contests, social classes, private schools [X], schools, african americans, school fiction, thrillers (fiction) [X], school stories
This Is The Way The World Ends
Wealthy, popular Webber Academy senior, Caroline, permits her new friend and classmate Waverly, an autistic, gay, scholarship student, to attend the annual Masquerade Ball disguised as her; but the evening becomes a nightmare when there is a global blackout, and Waverly and her friends discover what the school's dean and top donors really have planned.
FIC
year: 2023
copies: 5
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: autism, private schools [X], schools, masquerades, social classes, electric power failures, suspense fiction, thrillers (fiction) [X], dystopian fiction, novels
Where Sleeping Girls Lie
"Sade Hussein is starting her third year of high school, this time at the prestigious Alfred Nobel Academy boarding school after being home-schooled all her life.
FIC
year: 2024
copies: 19
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: boarding schools, schools, missing persons, secrecy, black people, lesbians, muslims, orphans, secrets, private schools [X], school stories, school fiction, thrillers (fiction) [X], lesbian 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, siblings, secrecy, families, african americans, private schools [X], schools, detective and mystery stories, secrets, family life, mystery and detective stories, detective and mystery fiction, thrillers (fiction) [X], school fiction