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Simon Snow volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
For Simon, that means deciding whether he still wants to be part of the World of Mages -- and if he doesn't, what does that mean for his relationship with Baz? Meanwhile Baz is bouncing between two family crises and not finding any time to talk to anyone about his newfound vampire knowledge. Penelope would love to help, but she's smuggled an American Normal into London, and now she isn't sure what to do with him. And Agatha? Well, Agatha Wellbelove...
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Series
Little school by the sea volume 1
Language
English
Description
"It's gloriously sunny in Cornwall as the school year starts at the little boarding school by the sea. Maggie, the newest teacher at Downey House, is determined to make her mark. She's delighted to leave the city behind and start her new teaching job, but what will it mean for her now-long-distance relationship with her safe, dependable boyfriend, Stan? Simone is excited and nervous: she's won a scholarship to the prestigious boarding school and wants...
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Series
Truly Devious volume 3
Language
English
Description
At Ellingham Academy, three people are now dead. One, a victim of either a prank gone wrong or a murder. Another, dead by misadventure. And now, an accident in Burlington has claimed another life. Stevie Bell knows who Truly Devious is-- or thinks she does. But David disappeared of his own free will and is up to something. The missing Alice Ellingham and the missing David Eastman. Somewhere in this place of riddles and puzzles there must be answers....
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Language
English
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Two more weeks, and Lily Hopper is officially finished with boarding school! When she receives a mysterious note inviting her to join the anonymous senior class Jester in executing the end-of-year prank, Lily sees her chance for a little fun. The Jester turns out to be Taggart Swell, her ex-boyfriend. She'd back out, but he has a brilliant plan to steal the school's yearbooks, targeting Lilly's prom date: Senior Class President, Daniel. As the pranksters...
Author
Series
Little school by the sea volume 2
Language
English
Description
"For the second year at Downey House, it's getting harder and harder to stick to the rules . . . Maggie Adair's first year as a teacher at Downey House was a surprising success. After making the leap from an inner-city school in Glasgow, she's learned to appreciate the mellower pace of the girls' boarding school by the sea. Now engaged to her longtime boyfriend, sweet and steady Stan, Maggie's just got to stop thinking about David McDonald, her colleague...
6) Liar's beach
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Michael Linden--or just Linden to his preppy boarding school pals--doesn't belong in wealthy, storied Martha's Vineyard. But when his roommate Jasper invites him to spend the end of summer at his massive beachfront home, August House, Linden tries his best to fit in. Linden wouldn't call it lying, exactly. Though it turns out August House is full of liars. Then someone is found unconscious in Jasper's pool, and everyone has something to hide--Jasper,...
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Publisher
Inkyard Press
Language
English
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Description
When Jenna Dallas and Adam Cole find Colleen O'Dell's body floating off the shore of their coastal town, the community of Gardiners Bay is shaken. But even more shocking is the fact that her drowning was no accident. When Jenna's best friend becomes a key suspect, she starts to look for answers-- and uncovers scandals inside Preston Prep School that lead back to Rookwood reform school. As a student at Rookwood, Adam is used to getting judgmental looks,...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (171 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
13 frightened girls (87 min., color): Thirteen girls in a Swiss boarding school stir up trouble on their vacation as they mess with the diplomatic affairs of their elders and get into serious trouble when a Russian spy is discovered murdered; 13 ghosts (84m in., b&w): When an impoverished family inherits a ramshackle house, they get more than they anticipated. Twelve ghosts are in residence, looking for a 13th to set them free. Contains special features....
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Series
Truly Devious volume 2
Language
English
Description
Stevie Bell seemed to be on the cusp of the decades-old kidnapping and murder of Albert Ellingham's family. But a classmate's murder-- which Stevie solved-- convinced her parents to pull her out of Ellingham Academy. Then politician Edward King arrives at her house to offer a deal: he will bring Stevie back to Ellingham if she will play nice with his son, David, a fellow classmate. King is in the midst of a campaign and can't afford his son stirring...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A hilarious and heartfelt debut novel following three generations of a boisterous family whose simmering tensions boil over when a home aide enters the picture, becoming the calamitous force that will either undo or remake this family--perfect for fans of Where'd You Go, Bernadette and Evvie Drake Starts Over. When Kevin Gogarty's irrepressible eighty-three-year-old mother, Millie, is caught shoplifting yet again, he has no choice but to hire a caretaker...
Author
Series
Friday Barnes mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
At her exclusive boarding school, can super sleuth and girl genius Friday Barnes crack the case of her missing mother, reign in a royal brat, and unmask the elusive master thief called the Pimpernel?
12) Thin air
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Language
English
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Description
"Seventeen-year-old boarding school student Emily Walters is selected for an opportunity of a lifetime--she'll compete abroad for a cash prize that will cover not only tuition to the college of her choice, but will lift her mother and her out of poverty. But almost from the moment she and 11 other contestants board a private jet to Europe, Emily realizes somebody is willing to do anything to win. Between keeping an eye on her best friend's flirty...
13) Gallant
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Language
English
Description
Olivia Prior has grown up in Merilance School for girls, and all she has of her past is her mother's journal--which seems to unravel into madness. Then, a letter invites Olivia to come home--to Gallant. Yet when Olivia arrives, no one is expecting her. But Olivia is not about to leave the first place that feels like home, it doesn't matter if her cousin Matthew is hostile or if she sees half-formed ghouls haunting the hallways. Olivia knows that Gallant...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (174 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas, Carol!: Carol Huffman is one of Chicago's most successful book publishers and a ruthless businesswoman. Everything changes after she comes face to face with the ghost of her former boss.
The Wishing Tree: Professor Evan Farnsworth is a widower who works tirelessly at a prestigious boarding school in Maine, dedicating all his time to helping his students believe in themselves.
15) Slingshot
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
Grace Welles is stuck at a third-tier boarding school in the swamps of Florida. With a single aim of a slingshot, she accidentally saves new kid Wade Scholfield from being beat up. With Wade, Grace discovers a new way to exist. School rules are optional, life is bizarrely perfect, and conversations about wormholes can lead to make-out sessions that disrupt any logical stream of thoughts. What are her options when she finally realizes that 1) The universe...
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Series
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English
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Stevie Bell managed to solve the mystery at Ellingham Academy. Then she gets a message from the owner of Sunny Pines-- formerly known as Camp Wonder Falls, the site of the infamous Box in the Woods murders. The new camp owner wants Stevie to help him work on a true-crime podcast about the unsolved case. Going undercover as a camp counselor, Stevie learns that something evil still lurks at the camp-- and will is willing to make room for more victims.--...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Caterina LaValle's crown may be slightly askew after her ex-boyfriend, Alaric, cheated on her, but she is determined to show she's still queen of St. Rosetta's Academy. Rahul Chopra is socially inept, but he knows that moment he shared with Caterina at the winter formal meant something. Searching for the perfect date to the upcoming gala, Caterina's solution is Rahul-- and a pot of hair gel with the power to alter the wearer into whatever his heart...
18) Girl gone viral
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Language
English
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Description
For Opal Hopper, code is magic. She can build entire worlds from scratch -- but she can't code her dad back into her life. When he disappeared after her tenth birthday Opal tried desperately to find him. Now she's enrolled at a boarding school for technical prodigies, and WAVE, the world's biggest virtual reality platform, has announced a contest where the winner gets to meet its billionaire founder. The same billionaire who worked closely with Opal's...
19) Fall
Author
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Story of two roommates and what happens when the girlfriend of one of them goes missing.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
Standard version.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 115 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A shy British school master named Mr. Chipping devotes his life to teaching "his boys" after the death of his lovely, energetic American wife Katherine. Told via flashbacks, the film features an aged Mr. Chipping looking back nostalgically at his long career, taking note of the people who've touched his life over the years.
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