boarding schools

After her parents die, Grace's uncle brings her to the elite Alaskan boarding school where he is headmaster. There she rooms with her cousin and learns that the school is filled with werewolves, dragons, witches, and vampires. Grace meets Jaxon Vega, a vampire with deadly secrets, and the closer she gets to him, the more she realizes that she is being used as bait to wake the power in Jaxon, a power that could kill them all.

Jamie Watson wins an unwanted rugby scholarship to Sherringford, a Connecticut prep school not far away from his estranged father. Also at the school is Charlotte Holmes, great-great-great-granddaughter of the famous Sherlock. Jamie decides to admire the volatile girl from afar, but when the two of them are framed for murder, Jamie and Charlotte have no choice but to come together and clear their names.

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.

Megan expected life at her new boarding school to be boring, but she soon discovers that a mysterious virus is slowly turning her classmates into zombies.

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.

Bai Jian, abandoned by his mother, and moving around constantly with his unstable father, searches for a home and place to belong.

"Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One who's ever been chosen.That's what his roommate, Baz, says. And Baz might be evil and a vampire and a complete git, but he's probably right.Half the time, Simon can't even make his wand work, and the other half, he starts something on fire. His mentor's avoiding him, his girlfriend broke up with him, and there's a magic-eating monster running around, wearing Simon's face. Baz would be having a field day with all this, if he were here -- it's their last year at the Watford School of Magicks, and Simon's infuriating nemesis didn't even bother to show up"--.

Just days before spring break, Neil Kearney is set to fly across the country with his childhood friend (and current friend-with-benefits) Josh, to attend his brother's wedding--until Josh tells Neil that he's in love with him and Neil doesn't return the sentiment.