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<\/a><\/p>\nHarry Potter by J. K. Rowling<\/a><\/p>\n I think Harry Potter is the ultimate boarding school book, and pretty much everyone has read the series already, but I couldn’t leave it off the list. Who do you think I am?! My favourite parts of these books (especially the later ones) were the bits set in Hogwarts, because it’s my favourite place in the entire world.<\/p>\n Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead<\/a><\/p>\n This is another extremely popular series that I couldn’t leave out. If you’re one of the 1% who hasn’t read this series, it’s about a girl called Rose Hathaway who goes to a school for Moroi and Dhampir, where they train in magic and defence. Don’t let the whole vampire thing put you off, because these are different kinds of vampires than what you’re probably used to. Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins<\/a><\/p>\n This is the most adorable contemporary set in an American school in Paris. I wasn’t expecting to love it when I read it back when it was published because, honestly, I was put off by that cover. But the setting is one of the best, and I’d highly recommend this if you’re in the mood for a quick and engrossing read.<\/p>\n The It Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar<\/a><\/p>\n I read this one years and years ago.\u00a0The It Girl<\/em> is the first in a long series that is a spin off from\u00a0Gossip Girl<\/em> (the books, not the show). I love rich people drama, and I’m pretty sure this book\u00a0is the one that set that off. It’s so much fun to read about, and even better when there are no adults in the picture. And now that I’m talking about it, I want to reread and finish off the series!<\/p>\n Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins<\/a><\/p>\n So I don’t normally love books about witches, but\u00a0Hex Hall<\/em> is just so damn funny and adorable. There’s a ship, there’s humour, and most importantly, it’s set in a boarding school for magical beings. I think the second book in this trilogy is the strongest, but\u00a0Hex Hall\u00a0<\/em>is a nice introduction to the series.<\/p>\n I’d Tell You I Love You, But Then I’d Have To Kill You by Ally Carter<\/a><\/p>\n THERE ARE SPIES! The Gallagher Girls are all teenage girls training to be spies at a boarding school run by some of the best in the country. It’s super fun and light, and while I haven’t finished the series yet I would very much like to continue soon.<\/p>\n The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n The Name of the Star<\/em>\u00a0is set in a boarding school in London, and the basic point of the plot is that Jack the Ripper returns. The boarding school setting isn’t as prominent as it could have been, but it was still nice to see, especially since it was in London and not New York, like a lot of other schools are.<\/p>\n The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney<\/a><\/p>\n This\u00a0book is one that I really liked. The Mockingbirds\u00a0<\/i>is about a girl who is raped, and she learns to deal and to come to terms with it, while figuring out\u00a0how she wants to deal with the rapist. I’ll be honest, I had a slight issue with the way it turned out, but I still enjoyed it because it was all about girl power.<\/p>\n An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir<\/a><\/p>\n The boarding school in this book is specifically to train soldiers or warriors. I really enjoyed\u00a0An Ember in the Ashes<\/em>, and I’m so glad that\u00a0it was picked up to be a series, because otherwise I might die after that ending. It’s about a girl who goes to spy on an evil woman after her brother is taken away, and a boy who’s training to be in an elite task force. It’s a fantasy and there’s magic and things as well.<\/p>\n White Cat by Holly Black<\/a><\/p>\n This is another one where the boarding school is\u00a0a minor setting, but I couldn’t not include it because I really like this series and I feel like I don’t talk about it enough. The\u00a0Curse Workers<\/em> books are about a guy whose family is\u00a0part of a crime syndicate.\u00a0These syndicates pretty much rule the world because they have all sorts of powers that make them dangerous. YAY, POWERS!<\/p>\n Variant by Robison Wells<\/a><\/p>\n I love the boarding school setting in\u00a0Variant\u00a0<\/em>because it’s so mysterious! What happens is the main character gets sent to this school, and is then locked in. Turns out that all of the students there are trapped, and they have to figure out how to escape and how to save each other.<\/p>\n The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes<\/a><\/p>\n This isn’t so much set in a boarding school as a boarding…\u00a0house? It’s a junior crime novel, and a bunch of talented people are brought together to solve a mystery.<\/p>\n New Girl by Paige Harbison<\/a><\/p>\n This is a true boarding school mystery, in which a student goes missing at the end of the school year, and when the students return (along with said new girl) they have to figure out what happened to her.<\/p>\n Academy 7 by Anne Osterlund<\/a><\/p>\n Academy-7\u00a0<\/em>is a science fiction novel in which the characters move around space. AKA, one of my favourite things. The academy is set on a separate planet to most other things, and it’s incredibly strict. Aerin, the main character, joins the academy and discovers things about her past that her father had been hiding from her.<\/p>\n Fun fact: I used to want to go to boarding school. When my mum and I argued, I used to wish that she’d send me off to boarding school as a punishment, and I actually brought it up a couple of times. There was no way she would be able to afford it though (I… <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\ni want to read<\/h2>\n
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