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• The Other's Gold

  a Novel

  Ames, Elizabeth, 1981-

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  Four young women met when they were placed in a suite together during their freshman year at Quincy-Hawthorn College. The foursome commonly sat together on the window seat, helping each other through the hardships of new adulthood. As the seasons…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bunny

  Awad, Mona,

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  Samantha Heather Mackey feels outflanked by a bunch of rich-girl students in her prestigious MFA program who call one another Bunny. Then the Bunnies invite her to join their twisted fun.

• A Wonderful Stroke of Luck

  a Novel

  Beattie, Ann,

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  A man who attended a prestigious New England boarding school has his life turned upside down by the reappearance in his life of an enigmatic and brilliant but difficult former teacher who makes him question everything he knows.

• Tell Me Everything

  a Novel

  Brockman, Cambria,

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  It's Senior Day, a hallowed tradition at Hawthorne College, a small liberal arts college in Maine. Malin, Ruby, John, Max, Gemma, and Khaled have been friends since freshman year, but beneath the surface of their apparent bond is a blend obsession…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Last First Day

  Brown, Carrie, 1959-

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  Devoted to the husband whose family took her in as an orphan, Ruth wonders about her choices and the life they'll share when her husband retires as the head of the private boys' school to which the couple has given everything they have.

• Bilgewater

  Gardam, Jane

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  Originally published in 1976: a coming-of-age novel of teenage Marigold Green, daughter of the St. Wilfrid's boys' school housemaster, nicknamed "Bilgewater" by the students, smart as a tack, and terrified by any sort of social interaction.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gifted School

  a Novel

  Holsinger, Bruce W.,

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  The fictional town of Crystal, Colorado, is the setting for Bruce Holsinger's biting, astute, engaging novel exploring the means some parents use to push their children up the elite educational ladder.

• Never Let Me Go

  Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954-

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  Novel is set on an estate in England that serves as home to children cloned as organ donors and is narrated by a young woman about to become a donor herself.

• Up the Down Staircase

  Kaufman, Bel

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  Chronicles the goings-on in a large metropolitan high school, detailing the experiences of an idealistic first-year teacher who is plagued by difficulties arising from an overwhelming bureaucracy, inadequate facilities, and some unforgettable…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Swallows

  a Novel

  Lutz, Lisa,

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  As the newest faculty member at Stonebridge Academy, a small New England prep school, Alex Witt is ready for students to test her resolve, and her cool response scores high. But dark secrets lurk in the hallways. Alex and a few of her female…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Prep

  a Novel

  Sittenfeld, Curtis

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  Curtis Sittenfeld’s debut novel, Prep, is an insightful coming-of-age story as well as a dissection of class, race, and gender in a hothouse of adolescent angst and ambition.

• The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

  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.

• The Lying Game

  a Novel

  Ware, Ruth

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  The mystery in the past haunts four best friends who survived boarding school by playing the Lying Game. Did they all play by the rules or did each of them break the prime rule? You will not know all the answers until the end.

• Decline and Fall

  a Novel

  Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966

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  Subtitled "A Novel of Many Manners, " Evelyn Waugh's notorious first novel lays waste the "heathen idol" of British sportsmanship, the cultured perfection of Oxford, and the inviolable honor codes of the English gentleman.

• Old School

  a Novel

  Wolff, Tobias, 1945-

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  A young boy tries desperately to fit in at a fancy prep school.