private schools

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.

Twelve-year-old Emmy investigates the connection between her father's disappearance and a secret society at her prestigious English boarding school.

After a chaotic semester, Guinevere "Nev" Tallow is looking forward to a quiet winter break at Deephaven Academy. But when they discover a strange artifact--a scrimshaw--hidden away deep in the under-basement of the school, they can't resist the urge to investigate further. This scrimshaw seems to be the skull of the school's founder, Malachi Haven. Each of the skull's few remaining teeth is engraved with a tiny image that foretells disaster. Nev quickly becomes obsessed with this mystery--not even their best friend, Danny, can distract them. And after something begins striking down students, Nev and Danny wonder if the images etched into the ancient teeth are actually warnings. Can Nev protect the school from the coming doom foreseen by the scrimshaw, or are they on a collision course with fate?.

Twelve-year-old Amelia gets the opportunity to attend a boarding school and learn how to use music to create magic, hoping to become a Maestro like her deceased mother.

When Adrian Molina, a soccer prodigy from Bogota, Colombia, wins a scholarship to an elite prep school in London, he thinks his dreams are about to come true. His hopes deflate when he meets privileged team star Titan Evans who sees Adrian as a threat and mercilessly bullies him. Faced with mounting pressure to succeed, Adrian begins to doubt his abilities and develops anxiety attacks. With internal resilience and the help of caring friends and adults, Adrian learns to overcome his adversaries and believe in himself.

Rory, a scholarship kid teased for her weight, tells the reader exactly the lengths she'll go to secure the leading role in Bosworth Academy's senior musical.

Holly-Mei Jones has finally settled into her new friend group in Hong Kong-that is, until suddenly everyone starts talking about dating. Which Holly-Mei is not ready for. At least she has her school's Experience Week to look forward to. Holly-Mei can't wait to show off Taiwan, where her beloved Ah-Ma is from, to her friends. The trip is going to be perfect...right? Maybe not. On top of the pressure to date, Holly-Mei starts to wonder if maybe being half-Taiwanese isn't enough. In the face of these big questions, will Holly-Mei be able to finally feel like she belongs?"--Dust jacket.

Desperate to keep her friend group together, Holly-Mei convinces them to compete as a team in an inter-school tournament across Hong Kong, but when she becomes obsessed with winning, she pushes them away.

Seventeen-year-old Karou, a lovely, enigmatic art student in a Prague boarding school, carries a sketchbook of hideous, frightening monsters--the chimaerae who form the only family she has ever known.

Antsy and her friends at Eleanor West's School for Wayward Children learn that the place she came from, the Shop Where the Lost Things Go, could be a central hub for accessing other worlds and may be the key to helping students find lost doors. Though Antsy is cautious about returning to the Shop, she, Sumi, Cora, Kade, and Christopher are forced to make a quick decision to return after a school bully begins demanding she help her find a lost door. Upon returning, Antsy learns Vineta and Hudson haven't kept their promise, and she sets about turning things to right and helping her friends make choices about returning to their old worlds.