My Heart Is On The Ground
In the diary account of her life at a government-run Pennsylvania boarding school in 1880, a twelve-year-old Sioux Indian girl reveals a great need to find a way to help her people.
FIC
year: 1999
copies: 70
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: dakota indians, indians of north america, off-reservation boarding schools, boarding schools [X]
A Little Princess
Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty and at the mercy of a cold-hearted school mistress when her father dies, but she continues to believe in her own self worth and is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.
FIC
year: 2015
copies: 49
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 540
subjects: schools, orphans, school stories, london (england), private schools, boarding schools [X], great britain, princesses, school-girls, kings, queens, rulers, etc, short stories, audiobooks, orphans fiction, schools fiction, compact discs, children's stories
Charlie Bone And The Hidden King
When an ancient enchanter is released from the grounds of Bloor's Academy, threatening both of Charlie Bone's parents, the only way Charlie and his friends can defeat him is by finding the red king himself.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 85
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
Charlie Bone And The Castle Of Mirrors
Charlie and his magically gifted friends and relatives work together to rescue Billy Raven, a young orphan, from a mysterious and dangerous couple who have adopted him.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 82
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
Bloomability
When her aunt and uncle take her from New Mexico to Lugano, Switzerland, to attend an international school, thirteen-year-old Dinnie discovers an expanding world and her place within it.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 61
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 850
subjects: boarding schools [X], schools, private schools, school stories, switzerland, audiobooks, family, families
The Dragonfly Pool
Tally and her friends at Dalderton Boarding School form a dance troupe and travel to Bergania, where she befriends Karil, the crown prince, and helps him flee the Nazis after his father is assassinated.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 960
A Little Princess
Presents an illustrated retelling of the classic novel in which Sara Crewe, a pupil at Miss Minchin's London school, is left in poverty when her father dies but is later rescued by a mysterious benefactor.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 570
Charlie Bone And The Beast
When Asa Pike, a Bloor's Academy student with the ability to change into a beast at dusk, goes missing, twelve-year-old Charlie Bone suspects a new classmate, the magically gifted Dagobert Endless, of foul play.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 58
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
Spying On Miss M?ller
At Alveara boarding school in Belfast at the start of World War II, thirteen-year-old Jessie must deal with her suspicions about a teacher whose father was German and with her worries about her own father's drinking problem.
FIC
year: 1996
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710
Charlie Bone And The Shadow
Magically-gifted Charlie Bone, accompanied by his best friend's dog, Runner Bean, comes to the rescue when the enchanter Count Harken takes revenge on the Red King's heirs by kidnapping and imprisoning Charlie's ancestors in the dark, forbidding land of Badlock.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 45
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 730
New Boy
As a new sophomore at an exclusive boarding school in the 1950s, Rob Garrett, a young black man, is witness to the persecution of other students and wonders about the growing civil rights movement back home in Virginia.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 990
subjects: prejudices, african americans, jews, boarding schools [X], school stories, private schools
The Sweet Far Thing
At Spence Academy, sixteen-year-old Gemma Doyle continues preparing for her London debut while struggling to determine how best to use magic to resolve a power struggle in the enchanted world of the realms, and to protect her own world and loved ones.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 27
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 640
The Disreputable History Of Frankie Landau-banks
Frankie Landau-Banks attempts to take over a secret, all-male society at her exclusive prep school, and her antics with the group soon draw some unlikely attention and have unexpected consequences that could change her life forever.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 92
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890
subjects: secret societies, teenage girls, high schools, schools, boarding schools [X], friendship, interpersonal relations, practical jokes, clubs, young adult fiction, school stories, teenagers, girls
The Warriors
An Iroquois boy known on the reservation for his talent at the sacred game of lacrosse moves to Washington, D.
FIC
year: 2003
copies: 53
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: lacrosse, indians of north america, iroquois indians, boarding schools [X], boarding school students, private school students, electronic books, sports stories
The Dark Pond
After he feels a mysterious pull drawing him toward a dark, shadowy pond in the woods surrounding North Mountains School, Armie looks to the tales of his Shawnee ancestors for guidance about the dangerous monster lurking in the water.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 41
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: ponds, monsters, shawnee indians, indians of north america, boarding schools [X], native americans, private schools