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Life is full of great expectations for Korean American Pippa Park. It seems like everyone, from her family to the other kids at school, has a plan for how her life should look. So when Pippa gets a mysterious basketball scholarship to Lakeview Private, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself by following the "Rules of Cool." At Lakeview, Pippa juggles old and new friends, an unrequited crush, and the pressure to perform academically and athletically...

"Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and...

"Within the walls of Wodebury Hall, an elite boarding school in the English countryside, reputation is everything. But aspiring photographer Iyanu is more comfortable observing things safely from behind her camera. For Iyanu's estranged cousin, Kitan, life seems perfect. She has money, beauty, and friends like queen bee Heather. But as a Nigerian girl in a school as white and insular as Wodebury, Kitan struggles with the personal sacrifices needed...

Leela Bose is a debater on her public high school team and wants to beat the team at elite Netherfield Academy, which includes Firoze Darcy--a handsome boy also from a Bengali American family--but the more they debate, the more Leela finds herself attracted to Darcy.

When Matt's parents send him to a strange boarding school, where the students move at a dead-slow pace, he begins to suspect he has been enrolled in a school for zombies.

In a British alternative high school, fifteen-year-old Heidi stands out in many ways, but when she invents a boyfriend--complete with online profile--her friends turn to him for advice and she must decide how far she is willing to go to find acceptance.

Twelve-year-old Amelia gets the opportunity to attend a boarding school and learn how to use music to create magic, hoping to become a Maestro like her deceased mother.

The Singleton family's fortunes seem unaffected by the Great Depression, and at Atlanta's elite Washington Seminary Perri lives a carefree life. But when tragedies strike, Perri is confronted with a world she has never known. Mary "Dobbs" Dillard, daughter of an itinerant preacher with radical ideas, is sent from inner-city Chicago to live with her aunt and attend Washington Seminary. She arrives at the point of Perri's crisis, and tragedy forges...

His first, last, and only true love has always been rugby.Until now.Following a devastating injury that has left him sidelined and stripped of his beloved number 13 jersey, Johnny is struggling to hold onto his dreams. Lost, insecure, and desperately seeking comfort, he sets his sights on unraveling the mystery of the girl with the midnight-blue eyes. With his best friend, Gibsie, by his side, Johnny embarks on his quest of exposing the secrets surrounding...

Unravel the mystery of the missing four months between Grace and Hudson--when she finds herself trapped with the last boy she ever expected, and certainly the most obnoxious one she's ever met. If he doesn't shut up, she just might kill him...if she doesn't kiss him first. He's under my skin... After Katmere, Grace shouldn't be surprised by anything. Including the existence of a world called the Shadow Realm. Yet here she is, stuck in a strange,...