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In the fall of 1991, sixteen-year-old transfer student Zooey Orson falls in with a group of boys who share the same secret--one which they can only express openly within the safety of the clandestine gatherings of the Vicious Circle. But when the boys unwittingly happen upon the headmaster's copy of an arcane occult text, they unleash an eldritch secret so terrible, it threatens to consume them all.

After Friday Barnes uncovered the truth about her frenemy Ian Wainscott's family dispute, it may bring an end to the friendship side of their relationship for good. As a result, Ian is determined to make Friday's life at Highcrest Academy miserable, and things go from bad to worse with the arrival of a celebrity artist with murky motivations and an over-enthusiastic PE teacher.

Friday Barnes' stay in prison hasn't dampened her curiosity and brilliantly deductive mind one bit--as soon as she gets out and back to Highcrest Academy she begins investigating her school's intrigues again. Then, Uncle Bernie urgently needs Friday's help in protecting the Uffizi Galleries in Italy from art thieves.

A new headmaster at Highcrest Academy has turned everything upside down for Friday Barnes--her extremely high IQ has fast-tracked her for graduation, but if she graduates early she may not be able to help her friend Ian escape expulsion over an incriminating pair of paints. Then, Friday investigates rumors of a stash of gold hidden on campus.

Friday Barnes sadly says farewell to her best friend Ian as he heads out to the Cayman Islands with his father. Along the way, though, Ian is kidnapped--having a white-collar criminal for a father will sometimes do that--and Friday must rescue him. Then, returning to school, the headmaster decides to send the kids on what he thinks is a treat--a four-week survival skills camp at Camp Courage.

Four former headmasters come to Highcrest Academy for the anniversary celebrations, but not all of them seem to be on their best behavior. Their mischief quickly gives Friday Barnes a new case to solve, but that will prove difficult when the school's chef forces everyone to go on a paleo diet, her best friend's brother either does or does not cause a boat accident, and a mysterious admirer--or stalker--begins following Friday around.

"Kendra James began her professional life selling a lie. As an admissions officer specializing in diversity recruitment for select prep schools, her job was persuading students and families to embark on the same perilous journey attending cutthroat and largely white schools similar to The Taft School, an elite institution in Connecticut where she had been the first African-American legacy student only a few years earlier. Forced to reflect on her own elite educational experience, she quickly became disillusioned by America's inequitable system."--.

"After a tragic accident that forever changed the lives of the Murder Crew--killing one of their own--the students at Blackbrook Academy are just trying to get by. As relationships evolve, strain, and break, Orchid, Green, Scarlett, Mustard, Plum, and Peacock find themselves lost. When the dark secret at the heart of Blackbrook forces its way into their lives, and another suspicious death drives the school into chaos, differences will have to be put aside if anyone expects to survive until the most dramatic prom of all time"--.

At Grimrose Acad?mie, the fairy-tale deaths continue. And unless the curse is broken, one of the girls could be next. Nani, Yuki, Ella, and Rory have discovered the truth about the curse that's left a trail of dead bodies at Grimrose. But the four still know nothing of its origins, or how to stop the cycle of doomed fates. And each girl harbors her own secret. One is learning why she was brought to the school. One struggles to keep her new and deadly power under control. One knows exactly how much time she has left. And one, trying to escape her dark destiny, will come even closer to fulfilling it. Can the girls change their own stories and break the curse? Or must one of them die to end it forever?.

"After being drugged and gang-raped while crashing a St. Andrew's Prep party on her sixteenth birthday, Jade leads her friends in exacting a horrific revenge on the golden boys who attacked her"--Provided by publisher.