preparatory schools

Pilot-in-training Viola Park, a probationary student at GAN Academy, enters a mech combat tournament that becomes a fight for the future of Peacekeepers everywhere.

At the start of their senior year, students at Atwater, an elite all-girls boarding school in New England, learn an alumna has accused a teacher of sexual misconduct two decades ago--and the teacher is still employed by the school. When the administration fails to handle the situation, the young women come together and discover the power of their own voices.

"When a storm strikes at Blackbrook Academy, an elite prep school nestled in the woods of Maine, a motley crew of students--including Beth 'Peacock' Picach, Orchid McKee, Vaughn Green, Sam 'Mustard' Maestor, Finn Plum, and Scarlett Mistry--are left stranded on campus with their headmaster. Hours later, her body is found hanging in the conservatory and it's very clear her death was no suicide. With this group of students who are all hiding something, nothing is as it seems, and everyone has a motive for murder"--Provided by publisher.

At an exclusive prep school on Long Island, Jill Newman looks forward to her senior year as a member of the school's most elite clique, the Players, until new evidence surfaces about the murder of her close friend Shaila.

"The original Villain Kids have worked hard to prove they deserve to stay in Auradon, and now it's time some of their friends from the Isle of the Lost get that chance too! When Dizzy receives a special invitation from King Ben to join the other VKs at Auradon Prep, at first she's thrilled! But doubt soon creeps in, and she begins to question whether she can truly fit in outside of the scrappy world of the Isle"--Back cover.

At New Columbia Preparatory Academy in a near-future Washington, D.C., black market smuggler Prudence Wu and friends Anabel, Alex, and Cat become key players in a conflict with the United Continental Confederacy.

"With the Interscholastic Auradon Fashion Contest well underway, Evie's had her work cut out for her. Losing the first round to Mia was hard, but learning that she was conspiring with the VK's arch-rival, Chad, to cheat their way to the top was even harder! And if Evie loses this next round she'll be out of the contest for good. With the next design calling for an imaginative combination of cooking and accessory design, Evie will need all her creativity and inspiration to wow the judges. Will Mia continue to cooperate with Chad's cruel schemes? Or will Evie convice her that she can be better?"--Back cover.

"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.

Suspended unjustly from elite Middlefield Prep, Donte Ellison studies fencing with a former champion, hoping to put the racist fencing team captain in his place.

"Ninth-grader Tim Beeman, struggling as a newcomer at elite Hilton Prep, is torn between using his special talent for speed by playing on the prestigious football team or by running with the more relaxed track and field team"--Provided by publisher.