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Eleven-year-old Jon Whitcroft and new friend Ella summon the ghost of Sir William Longspee, who may be able to protect Jon from a group of ghosts that threatens him harm from the day he arrives at Salisbury Cathedral's boarding school. Includes historical notes.

In 1982 Buncombe County, North Carolina, sixteen-year-old Alex Stromm writes of the aftermath of the accidental drowning of a friend, as his English teacher reaches out to him while he and a fellow boarding school student try to cover things up.

Sixteen-year-old Miles' first year at Culver Creek Prepatory School in Alabama includes good friends and great pranks, but is defined by the search for answers about life and death after a fatal car crash.

Drew, who attends the prestigious Riverdale Academy Day school with his friends Liam and Jordan, tries to reckon with his status as one of the few kids of color in the school. While he knows he must work hard, he finds it difficult when he sees he isn't offered the same opportunities as other students. When his friendships begin to suffer under the pressure, Drew must find a way to bridge the gap and help his friends see him for who he really is.

New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of a striking new series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockhart.Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting pathways, and gardens. "A place," he said, "where learning is a game."Shortly after the school opened, his wife and daughter were kidnapped. The only real clue was a mocking riddle listing methods of murder, signed with the frightening pseudonym "Truly, Devious." It became one of the great unsolved crimes of American history. True-crime aficionado Stevie Bell is set to begin her first year at Ellingham Academy, and she has an ambitious plan: She will solve this cold case. That is, she will solve the case when she gets a grip on her demanding new school life and her housemates: the inventor, the novelist, the actor, the artist, and the jokester. But something strange is happening. Truly Devious makes a surprise return, and death revisits Ellingham Academy. The past has crawled out of its grave. Someone has gotten away with murder. The two interwoven mysteries of this first book in the Truly Devious series dovetail brilliantly, and Stevie Bell will continue her relentless quest for the murderers in books two and three.

At an exclusive prep school on Long Island, Jill Newman looks forward to her senior year as a member of the school's most elite clique, the Players, until new evidence surfaces about the murder of her close friend Shaila.

Harry Potter wants to get away from the pernicious Dursleys and go to the Quidditch World Cup with Hermione, Ron, and the Weasleys. He wants to dream about Cho Chang, his crush (and maybe do more than dream). He wants to find out about the mysterious event involving two other rival schools of magic, and a competition that hasn't happened for hundreds of years. He wants to be a normal, fourteen-year-old wizard. Unfortunately for Harry Potter, he's not normal; he's different - even by wizarding standards. And in this case, different can be deadly.

Eleven-year-old Ella Durand is the first Conjuror to attend the Arcanum Training Institute, a magic school in the clouds where Marvellers from around the world practice their cultural arts, and she soon learns that fitting in is harder than it looks as some Marvellers mistrust the magic of Conjurors. Fortunately, she becomes friend with elixirs teacher, Masterji Thakur, and students Brigit and Jason. But things go from bad to worse when a dangerous criminal known as the Ace of Anarchy escapes prison, supposedly with a Conjuror's aid, and Masterji Thakur goes missing. Ella embarks on a mission with Jason and Brigit to find her mentor and find a way to clear her peoples' name.

At the elite boarding school of Chandler, five teens from very different backgrounds come together in the Circle, a writing group known for creating life-changing friendships and revealing secrets better left secret--Beth the "townie," who is coming back after a tense year with her roommate, Sarah; Amanda Priya "Spence" Spencer, who knows her family name is privileged in NYC; Ramin Golafshar, the gay student from Iran, who gets hazed for "tradition" in the boys' dorms; and Freddy Bello, the senior boy who knows he may have to sacrifice his friends and future to stand up to his friends for what they did to Ramin.

At private school, Lucas compares his home life with the supposedly perfect lives of the other students.