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Pub. Date
2018.
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Vermont, 1950. There's a place for the girls whom no one wants. It's called Idlewild Hall. Four roommates bond over their whispered fears, their budding friendship blossoming - until one of them mysteriously disappears. Vermont, 2014. When journalist Fiona Sheridan discovers that Idlewild Hall is being restored by an anonymous benefactor, she decides to write a story about it. But a shocking discovery during the renovations will link the loss of her...
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At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices--those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal--that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment.
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Series
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
When twelve-year old Ivy attends West Archer Academy, she is determined to graduate in two years and eventually follow her hero Ruth Bader Ginsberg to the Supreme Court, but after her roommate introduces her to a group of students who are hundreds of years old, she is forced to reexamine her priorities.
Author
Series
Rotten School volume 7
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
111 p. : ill., map ; 22 cm.
Description
When the most timid boy in Rotten School's fourth grade becomes the target of its biggest bully, Bernie Bridges decides to fight brawn with brains by convincing the bully that a ghost is out to get him.
7) Crave
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Series
Crave (Wolff) volume 1
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Grace's world changed when she joined the academy. At the academy she is a mere mortal among gods...or monsters. She can't decide which faction she should join, or it she should join any of them. The one thing that unites them is their hatred of her. Thenthere's Jaxon Vega, a vampire with deadly secrets who hasn't felt anything for a hundred years. Jaxon has walled himself off for a reason. Does someone want to wake the sleeping monster in him? Is...
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Charlotte Holmes volume 1
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson descendants, Charlotte and Jamie, students at a Connecticut boarding school, team up to solve a murder mystery.
9) Madam
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
352 pages
Description
"For 150 years, high above rocky Scottish cliffs, Caldonbrae Hall has sat untouched, a beacon of excellence in an old ancestral castle. A boarding school for girls, it promises that the young women lucky enough to be admitted will emerge 'resilient and ready to serve society.' Into its illustrious midst steps Rose Christie: a 26-year-old Classics teacher, Caldonbrae's new head of the department, and the first hire for the school in over a decade....
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Series
Rotten School volume 4
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The biggest, toughest girl in school joins the football team and foils a sly fourth grader's attempts to win the affections of the snobbiest girl in the class.
11) Level 16
Publisher
Dark Sky Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Trapped in a mysterious boarding school, sixteen-year-old Vivien and Sophia embark on a dangerous search to uncover the horrifying truth behind their imprisonment. Soon running for their lives, the girls must save themselves or die trying. Featuring striking imagery and charismatic performances, this critically acclaimed, dystopian sci-fi thriller is an intense and furiously cerebral experience like no other.
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Series
Rotten School volume 8
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
105, 5 p. : ill., map ; 21 cm.
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When Mrs. Heinie decides that she can't take it anymore and is replaced by an extremely strict teacher, Mr. Skruloose, Bernie Bridges and his Rotten House buddies try to think of a way to bring Mrs. Heinie back.
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
2000
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1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
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A simplified retelling of the fate of Sara Crewe who, after her father's death leaves her penniless, loses her privileged status at Miss Minchin's London boarding school and endures many hardships and cruel treatment until she is helped by a mysterious benefactor.
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A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past--the family tragedy that marred her adolescence, her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the murder of her former roommate, Thalia Keith, in the spring of their senior year. Though the circumstances surrounding Thalia's death and the conviction of the school's athletic trainer, Omar Evans, are hotly debated online, Bodie prefers--needs--to...
15) Siempre amigos
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Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
300 pages ; 21 cm
17) Harrow: a novel
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
240 pages
Description
"Once nature as we know it is dead, the pursuit of happiness fades into insignificance, food is scarce, and even time doesn't progress in an organized fashion. Harrow follows the picaresque journey of Khristen--a teenager who, her mother believes, was marked by greatness as a baby when she died for a moment and then came back to life. After Khristen's failing boarding school for gifted teens closes its doors, and she finds that her mother has disappeared,...
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Series
Rotten School volume 3
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Rotten School's bad boy, Bernie B., is trying to turn over a new leaf in order to date the prettiest girl in school, but he may trip over his own slime trail.
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (663 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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David Powlett-Jones, a young Welshman, returns from the trenches of World War I disillusioned and suffering from shellshock. Accepted as a teacher at an elite boys boarding school, David fears he won't last. Luckily, the faith of the headmaster who hired him proves well-founded. Over the course of his 20-year rise through the ranks of the school, he also finds and loses love with several women.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Slaughterhouse is an elite boarding school where boys and girls are groomed for power and greatness, and they2re about to meet their match. This ancient and ordered world is about to be shaken to its foundations, literally. When a controversial frack site on prize school woodland causes seismic tremors, a mysterious sinkhole and an unspeakable horror is unleashed. Soon a new pecking order will be established as pupils, teachers and the school matron...
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