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For most of Tony Gilbert's life, he has thought of his uncle as "Weird Uncle Charlie." That is, until Uncle Charlie moves in with Tony and his family. Uncle Charlie is still odd, of course--talking about spirits and other supernatural stuff--but he and Tony become fast friends, and Tony ends up having a lot of fun with Uncle Charlie. When Uncle Charlie dies suddenly, Tony is devastated. Then he starts seeing Uncle Charlie everywhere! It doesn't help...
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Grand Central Publishing
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2020.
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Sadie Roper returns to London to rebuild her shattered life, but as she navigates the politics at her daughter's exclusive school and resumes her criminal barrister career with a high-profile case, she attracts the attention of unknown enemies.
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Kate is in the middle of the biggest meeting of her career when she gets the telephone call from Grace Hall, her daughter's exclusive private school in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Amelia has been suspended, effective immediately, and Kate must come get her daughter now. But Kate's stress over leaving work quickly turns to panic when she arrives at the school and finds it surrounded by police officers, fire trucks, and an ambulance. By then it's already...
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Del Rey Books
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2023.
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"A young, Indigenous woman enters a colonizer-run dragon academy after bonding with a hatchling-and quickly finds herself at odds with the "approved" way of doing things-in the first book of a brilliant new fantasy series. The remote island of Masquapaug has not seen a dragon in many generations-until fifteen-year-old Anequs finds a dragon's egg and bonds with its hatchling. Her people are delighted, for all remember the tales of the days when dragons...
5) Class act
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"Eighth grader Drew Ellis is no stranger to the saying You have to work twice as hard to be just as good. His grandmother has reminded him his entire life. But what if he works ten times as hard and still isnt afforded the same opportunities that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted? To make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids. He wants to pretend...
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Toilet-bound Hanako-kun volume 2
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Yen Press
Pub. Date
2020.
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"Nene Yashiro has made a pact with "Hanako-san of the Toilet," aka Hanako-kun, to hold off the curse that has been placed on her. In exchange, she has to help him resolve the problems caused by the school's supernaturals-starting with rescuing her friend Aoi from the clutches of the Misaki Stairs, one of the infamous Seven Mysteries. Can they reach the innermost depths of the Stairs before time runs out? And if they do, what dangers and secrets await...
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Toilet-bound Hanako-kun volume 9
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Yen Press
Pub. Date
2021.
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On a day like any other, Nene goes to school only to find Hanako-kun acting like one of her normal classmates. Weirder still, even though he's supposed to be a ghost, nobody seems to find the presence of this so-called Amane-kun strange at all. Nene is determined to get to the bottom of this, and her search leads her to a mysterious tower.
8) Fresh blood
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VAMPS volume 1
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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"Nestled in the Swiss Alps, VAMPS is the ultimate academy for the progeny of the wealthiest and most powerful vampire families. Unfortunately for Dillon, he's an outsider--to be more specific: he's a dhampir, a vampire who is half human. If he wants to survive beyond a single term, he's going to need to embrace his fangs. But blood never lies, and soon it becomes clear there is something special and deadly in Dillon's veins. As his power grows, so...
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Simon & Schuster BFYR
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[2023]
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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.
10) Skeleton battle
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Unofficial Minecrafters Academy volume 2
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"In the second book in Winter Morgan's Unofficial Minecrafters Academy series, Lucy is back, and she and her friends are ready to defend Overworld Academy from whatever evils come their way!"--
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Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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""Like Big Little Lies with standardized testing, this addictive novel digs hard into the culture of striving parents and anxious children, exploring privilege, competition and the elusiveness of happiness. A deeply pleasurable read." - Meg Wolitzer Smart and juicy, a compulsively readable novel about a previously happy group of friends and parents that is nearly destroyed by their own competitiveness when an exclusive school for gifted children opens...
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Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2023.
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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.
13) Bloodlines
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Bloodlines volume 1
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Razorbill
Pub. Date
2011
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When alchemist Sydney is ordered into hiding to protect the life of Moroi princess Jill Dragomir, the last place she expects to be sent is a human private school in Palm Springs, California. But at their new school, the drama is only just beginning.
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Little witch academia volume 1
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JY
Pub. Date
2018.
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Akko Kagari, a student from a non-magical family, faces bullies and builds friendships at the prestigious Luna Nova Witchcraft Academy.
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Pippa Park volume 2
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Join Pippa Park as she juggles friendships, bullying, crushes, and family in the sequel to the compelling drama-filled middle school book Pippa Park Raises Her Game. Korean AmericanPippa Park picks up right where she left off . . . trying to balance basketball, school, friends,working at the struggling family laundromat,and fitting in. Eliot, her math tutor-and the cutest boy at school-is finally paying attention to her. And Marvel-her childhood friend-is...
17) School trip
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"Eighth grader Drew Ellis recognizes that he isn't afforded the same opportunities, no matter how hard he works, that his privileged classmates at the Riverdale Academy Day School take for granted, and to make matters worse, Drew begins to feel as if his good friend Liam might be one of those privileged kids and is finding it hard not to withdraw, even as their mutual friend Jordan tries to keep their group of friends together."
18) A narrow door
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This is the last of a trio of novels set in St Oswald's Grammar School ("Gentlemen and Players" and "Different Class"). It's an incendiary moment for St Oswald's school. For the first time in its history, a headmistress is in power, the gates opening to girls. Rebecca Buckfast has spilled blood to reach this position. As the new regime takes on the old guard, the ground shifts. And with it, the remains of a body are discovered. Rebecca will bury the...
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"Henri 'Halti' Haltiwanger can charm just about anyone. He is a star debater and popular student at the prestigious FATE academy, the dutiful first-generation Haitian son, and the trusted dog walker for his wealthy New York City neighbors. But his easy smiles mask a burning ambition to attend his dream college, Columbia University. There is only one person who seems immune to Henri's charms: his 'intense' classmate and neighbor Corinne Troy. When...
20) The raven
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In a world where dreams and reality overlap, a dream-world stalker begins killing the tormentors of a bullied high school girl. But when she tries to stop the deadly attacks on her behalf, The Raven sets his terrifying sights on her.
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