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• The Broken Girls

  St. James, Simone,

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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.

• Smoke

  a Novel

  Vyleta, Dan,

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Guineveres

  Domet, Sarah,

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Outrun the Moon

  Lee, Stacey

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Starboard Sea

  Dermont, Amber

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  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.

• We Set the Dark on Fire

  Mejia, Tehlor Kay,

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  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.

• A Great and Terrible Beauty

  Bray, Libba

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rosa by Any Other Name

  Alcaraz, Hailey,

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  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.

• Truly Devious

  Johnson, Maureen, 1973-

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The St. Ambrose School for Girls

  Ward, J. R., 1969-

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

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

  Spark, Muriel

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  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.

• Jo's Boys

  Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888

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  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.

• Hunting Prince Dracula

  Maniscalco, Kerri,

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  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

• The Finishing School

  a Novel

  Goodman, Joanna, 1969-

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  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…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Harris County Schools and HCPL - Digital Archive of the Harris County Public Library

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  Interested in learning about more schools from history? Visit the Digital Archive to see the schools that Harris County Public Library has partnered with throughout the last 100 years.