Theme: boarding schools

Alice-Miranda at School

By Book Importer | Published: May 10, 2011

Alice-Miranda Highton-Smith-Kennigton-Jones can’t wait to start boarding school. When she arrives at Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale Academy for Proper Young Ladies, the adventure begins . . . only not quite as Alice-Miranda expects. The minute she sets foot on the school’s manicured grounds, she senses that something is wrong: Miss Grimm, the headmistress, is nowhere to be seen, [...]

Descriptors: Australia, Oceania, Primary (ages 6-9), Realistic Fiction » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment

The Dragonfly Pool

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

A beloved New York Times bestselling author returns to paper! At first Tally doesn’t want to go to the boarding school called Delderton. But soon she discovers that it’s a wonderful place, where freedom and selfexpression are valued. Enamored of Bergania, a erene and peaceful country led by a noble king, Tally organizes a dance [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Historical Fiction, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , , » Leave a comment

Celandine (David Fickling Books)

By Book Importer | Published: February 22, 2010

Set seventy years before The Various, the second book in the trilogy follows the adventures of young Celandine at the onset of the First World War. Having run away from her detested boarding school, Celandine is too afraid to go home in case she is sent back. As she seeks shelter in the Wild Wood [...]

Descriptors: England (UK), Fantasy, Intermediate (ages 9-14), Young Adult (ages 14-18) » Other Themes: , , » Leave a comment