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When a freak weather event puts everyone in danger during a Unicorn Academy trip to the coast, Shimmer's newfound magic might be able to save them, if they can think fast and be very brave.

Best friends Mary Lennox, Sara Crewe, and Cedric Erroll flee their repressive boarding school, intending to start over in the theaters of Paris, but they instead find themselves at Cedric's estate in Yorkshire, where a hidden garden helps them realize their destiny.

While Freya works on the perfect birthday present for her unicorn, Honey, hoping it will help them bond, and helps prepare for a party someone is trying to ruin, Honey is feeling neglected.

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."--.

Pretia, Princess of Epoca, and her best friend, the orphaned outcast Rovi, start their second year at Ecrof, the elite magical sports academy looking forward to the Junior Epic Games. However, nasty rumors begin swirling, and soon the fate of Epoca's most important event is put into doubt. Pretia and Rovi, both star athletes, must make difficult choices that will affect the future of Epoca.