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Ambition

a novel
2008
To win back the favor of the headmaster, the newly single Reed Brennan plans a glamorous fundraiser in New York City, but when party buzz turns to whispered rumors about the death of Cheyenne Martin, Reed finds herself being questioned by the police.

Inside the mind of Gideon Rayburn

2007
Fifteen-year-old Gideon Rayburn becomes torn between two girls during his first year at a prestigious New England prep school--gorgeous Pilar Benitez-Jones and cute, smart Molly McGarry--and feels pressure to impress his two roommates with his choice.

Brother hood

2004
Sixteen-year-old Nate, an academically gifted student who attends an exclusive private boarding school, straddles two cultures as he returns home for occasional visits to see his family and "gangsta crew" in Harlem, New York.

The reinvention of Moxie Roosevelt

2010
On her first day of boarding school, a thirteen-year-old girl who feels boring and invisible decides to change her personality to match her unusual name.

Wishing for tomorrow

2010
The lives of Ermengarde and the other girls at Miss Minchin's School after Sara Crewe leaves.

Legacies

2010
Spirit White attends the mysterious Oakhurst Academy after her parents are killed in a car accident, and as she learns how to control the magical gifts she never knew she had, her classmates begin to disappear and it is up to Spirit to find out what has happened to them.

Down a dark hall

1990
Suspicious and uneasy about the atmosphere at her new boarding school, fourteen-year-old Kit slowly realizes why she and the other three students at the school were selected.

The education of Patience Goodspeed

2004
In 1836, fourteen-year-old Patience Goodspeed, daughter of a ship's captain, is unexpectedly sent to a boarding school along with her brother when danger arrives at sea, and she soon suspects that her etiquette teacher is seeking out her father for a husband.

The wizard heir

2007
Sixteen-year-old Seph McCauley is sent to the Havens, a boys' school in Maine, after being kicked out of several private schools for his untrained magical powers; but his headmaster, Gregory Leicester, has his own mysterious agenda when he agrees to help Seth channel his magic.

Take the reins

2009
When Sasha Silver arrives at the elite Canterwood Crest Academy with her horse, Charm, she finds that she is not exactly welcome, especially when a group of pretty, high-achieving girls challenge her right to belong at the school.

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