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Kickin' It Old School

Visit schools from the past in this list featuring books for all ages and a link to the Harris County Digital Archive!

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  • More than 60 years after one of four friends in a reputedly haunted boarding school goes missing, journalist Fiona Sheridan resolves to learn her sister's fate before a harrowing discovery is made. This is an adult book.
    Book, 2018New York : Berkley, 2018. — SaintJ
  • A tale set in an alternate 19th-century England where the lower classes emit smoke from their bodies that is believed to reflect wicked natures, three students at an elite boarding school for future leaders make discoveries that could cost them…
    Book, 2016New York : Doubleday, 2016. — Vyleta
  • Left by their parents to be raised by nuns, four girls with the same name are bound by their pain and secrets until the assistance they provide to four comatose soldiers tests their bond and their perceptions of home in unexpected ways. This is an…
    Large Print, 2017Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2017. — Domet
  • On the eve of the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906, Mercy Wong--daughter of Chinese immigrants--is struggling to hold her own among the spoiled heiresses at prestigious St. Clare's School. When tragedy strikes, everyone must band together to…
    eBook, 2016Penguin Young Readers Group, 2016
  • After losing two friends, Jason begins to think something sinister is going on. He is determined to find out what happened to the both of them before any secrets can be buried. This is an adult book.
    Book, 2012New York : St. Martin's Press, c2012. — Dermon
  • A society wife-in-training has an uncomfortable awakening about her strictly polarized society after being recruited into a band of rebel spies and falling for her biggest rival. This is a YA book.
    Book, 2020New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2020] — Mejia
  • After the suspicious death of her mother in 1895, sixteen-year-old Gemma returns to England, after many years in India, to attend a finishing school where she becomes aware of her magical powers and ability to see into the spirit world. This is a YA…
    Book, 2005New York : Delacorte Press, 2005, c2003. — Bray
  • In this Romeo and Juliet-inspired retelling set during the civil rights era, a Mexican American girl is driven to join a movement for justice after her white classmate and best friend from the barrio are tragically murdered. This is a YA book.
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Viking, 2025. — Alcara
  • Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists. It was founded by Albert Ellingham, an early twentieth century tycoon, who wanted to make a wonderful place full of riddles, twisting…
    Book, 2018New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2018] — Johnso
  • Relentlessly bullied by St. Ambrose's queen bee, Greta Stanhope, Sarah Taylor finds an ally in her roommate Ellen, a cigarette-huffing, devil-may-care athlete, and determined not to let Greta break her, finds her world unraveling in ways she could…
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Gallery Books, 2023. — Ward
  • The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

    The Girls of Slender Means ; The Driver's Seat ; The Only Problem

    Spark, Muriel
    A teacher at a girl's school in Edinburgh during the 1930s comes into conflict with school authorities because of her unorthodox teaching methods. This is an adult book.
    Book, 2004New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2004. — Spa
  • This book from the Little Women series shows The boys and girls of Plumfield have grown into young men and women facing life's problems and seeking life's happiness. This can be found in the JF section.
    Book, 2019New York : Aladdin, 2019. — Alcott
  • Bizarre murders are discovered in the castle of Prince Vlad the Impaler, otherwise known as Dracula. Could it be a copycat killer...or has the depraved prince been brought back to life? This is a YA book
    Book, 2017New York : Jimmy Patterson Books, an imprint of Little, Brown and Company, 2017. — Manisc
  • When she is invited as a guest to her former finishing school, Lycee International Suisse, best-selling writer Kersti Kuusk—who is determined to, once and for all, find the truth surrounding her best friend Cressida’s death long ago—probes the…
    Book, 2017New York, NY : Harper, [2017] — Goodma