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The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place

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Wishing for Tomorrow

Hilary McKay · 320 pages

This book is the long-awaited sequel to A Little Princess. Nothing is quite the same at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies since Sara Crewe went away with the Indian gentleman. Lavinia is once again the girls' leader, but she hungers for a more interesting life. Lottie is still busy making mischief, as is the new neighbor, the red-headed boy. Alice, the new maid, brings a breath of fr

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Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover

Ally Carter · 272 pages

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Hex Hall

Rachel Hawkins · 336 pages

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Summer Term at St Clare's

Enid Blyton · 155 pages

Pat and Isabel look forward to their first summer term at St Clare's. They soon make friends with new girl Carlotta, who has a secret past that she's desperate to hide. But sneaky Prudence finds out and tells everybody. How will the class react? There'll be mischief at St. Clare's!

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The Third Form at St. Clare's

Pamela Cox · 152 pages

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A Little Princess

Frances Hodgson Burnett · 224 pages

This is a story about a different kind of princess than one might imagine; a princess that is an orphan - lonely, cold, hungry and abused. Sara Crewe begins life as the beloved, pampered daughter of a rich man. When he dies a pauper, she is thrown on the non-existent mercy of her small-minded, mercenary boarding school mistress. Stripped of all her belongings but for one set of clothes and a doll,

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The School at the Chalet

Elinor M. Brent-Dyer · 300 pages

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Murder by Cheesecake: A Golden Girls Cozy Mystery

Rachel Ekstrom Courage · 336 pages

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Wayside School Is Falling Down

Louis Sachar · 179 pages

"Watch Closely," said Mrs. Jewls. "You can learn much faster using a computer instead of paper and pencil." Then she pushed the new computer out the window. The children watched it fall thirty floors and smash against the sidewalk. "See?" said Mrs. Jewls. "That's gravity! I've been trying to teach you about gravity, but the computer showed you a lot quicker!" That's the way things happen a

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Etiquette & Espionage

Gail Carriger · 256 pages

Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than in proper manners -- and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. But Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what h

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Gossip Girl

Cecily von Ziegesar · 203 pages

Welcome to New York City’s Upper East Side, where my friends and I live, go to school, play, and sleep—sometimes with each other. S is back from boarding school, and if we aren’t careful, she’s going to win over our teachers, wear that dress we couldn’t fit into, steal our boyfriends’ hearts, and basically ruin our lives in a major way. I’ll be watching closely . . . You know you love me,

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Rebel Angels

Libba Bray · 548 pages

Ah, Christmas! Gemma Doyle is looking forward to a holiday from Spence Academy, spending time with her friends in the city, attending ritzy balls, and on a somber note, tending to her ailing father. As she prepares to ring in the New Year, 1896, a handsome young man, Lord Denby, has set his sights on Gemma, or so it seems. Yet amidst the distractions of London, Gemma's visions intensify--visions o

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Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 1

Bisco Hatori · 184 pages

A female scholarship student at exclusive Ouran High School ends up working for the school's swankiest club after she stumbles upon the all-male Host Club--who mistake her for a boy--and accidentally destroys a valuable vase. While working off her debt, she learns how the other half really lives.

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A Wonderlandiful World

Shannon Hale · 320 pages

At Ever After High, everyone is expected to sign the Storybook of Legends, pledging to follow in their fairytale parent's footsteps. But when Raven Queen came along, things became fairy, fairy confusing. Now no one's destiny is certain, not even for the most royal of them all, Apple White.When a mysterious being from Wonderland begins to infect Ever After High with a strange magic, everything goes

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Charmed and Dangerous: The Rise of the Pretty Committee

Lisi Harrison · 192 pages

Once upon a time, in Westchester and Orlando, there were four betas just waiting for their alpha. It took a miracle to bring the Pretty Committee together--or rather, a New Years Eve party. Because sometimes when you meet someone, it just cliques. This special deluxe hardcover novella tells the outrageous story of how The Clique got together.

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Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging

Louise Rennison · 247 pages

Presents the humorous journal of a year in the life of a fourteen-year-old British girl who tries to reduce the size of her nose, stop her mad cat from terrorizing the neighborhood animals, and win the love of handsome hunk Robbie.

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Giant Days, Vol. 4

John Allison

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Thea Stilton and the Cherry Blossom Adventure

Thea Stilton

To catch a thief! The Thea Sisters are off to Japan on a cultural exchange program. While they're busy exploring Kyoto and admiring the beautiful cherry blossoms, a valuable item is stolen, from their friend Kumi's family. Will the five mice be able to catch the thief?

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The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

Theodora Goss · 409 pages

Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents' death, is curious about the secrets of her father's mysterious past. One clue in particular hints that Edward Hyde, her father's former friend and a murderer, may be nearby, and there is a reward for information leading to his capturea reward that would solve all of her immediate financial woes. But her hunt leads her to Hyde's daughter, Dian

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Sushi for Beginners

Marian Keyes · 545 pages

Three women in Dublin are going through a period of change in their lives. Bitchy, ambitious and beautiful, Lisa has been sent to Dublin to launch a brand new Irish Women's Magazine, however as she thought her next move was to New York she feels like she is in exile and is none to happy with the alternative. On arrival she decides that her new boss, the attractive if not somewhat scruffy Jack Devi

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Thea Stilton and the Mountain of Fire

Thea Stilton, Tea Stilton · 176 pages

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Murder Most Unladylike

Robin Stevens · 360 pages

At an English boarding school in the 1930s, crime-solving friends Hazel Wong and Daisy Wells struggle to find an exciting mystery to investigate and hit pay-dirt when Hazel discovers the dead body of Miss Bell, the science teacher.

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Lumberjanes Vol. 2

Noelle Stevenson, Faith Erin Hicks · 128 pages

"Five girls become instant best friends when they go to camp and discover there is a lot more to the summer than learning to how to paddle a canoe. Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types is not your average summer camp and Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and Ripley are not your average campers. Between the river monsters, magic, and myths, this summer is only jus

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Kills Well with Others

Deanna Raybourn · 356 pages

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