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The following titles are set in high school (some are technically a prep or boarding school), and all involve extraordinary circumstances.  (Think dystopian overlords, magical powers, viral diseases, etc... on top of homework and drama.) *The first title in the series is listed wherever applicable.
Delirium

Lauren Oliver - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

There was a time when love was the most important thing in the world. People would go to the end of the earth to find it. They would tell lies for it. Even kill for it. Then, at last, they found the cure. Now, everything is different. Scientists are able to eradicate love, and the government...
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I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

Ally Carter - Hyperion Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

Cammie Morgan is a student at the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women, a fairly typical all-girls school-that is, if every school taught advanced martial arts in PE and the latest in chemical warfare in science, and students received extra credit for breaking CIA codes in computer...
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Abandon

Meg Cabot - Point; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

New from 1 New York Times bestselling author Meg Cabot, a dark, fantastical story about this world . . . and the underworld.Though she tries returning to the life she knew before the accident, Pierce cant help but feel at once a part of this world, and apart from it. Yet shes never alone...
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Beautiful Creatures

Kami Garcia - Little, Brown
Format: Audio CD

There were no surprises in Gatlin County. We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere.At least, that's what I thought.Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong.There was a curse.There was a girl.And in the end, there was a grave.Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small...
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Divided We Fall

Trent Reedy - Scholastic
Format: Hardcover

Danny Wright never thought he'd be the man to bring down the United States of America. In fact, he enlisted in the Idaho National Guard because he wanted to serve his country the way his father did. When the Guard is called up on the governor's orders to police a protest in Boise, it seems...
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: The Illustrated Edition

J. K. Rowling - Arthur A. Levine Books
Format: Hardcover

The beloved first book of the Harry Potter series, now fully illustrated by award-winning artist Jim Kay. For the first time, J.K. Rowling's beloved Harry Potter books will be presented in lavishly illustrated full-color editions. Kate Greenaway-award-winning artist Jim Kay has created...
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Spy High Mission One

A J Butcher - Little
Format: Print book

As students at a special high school that trains them to be secret agents, six teenagers struggle to complete the training exercises as a team before being sent out into the field to sink or swim.
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Vampire Academy

Richelle Mead - Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Format: Paperback

The story that kicked off the international #1 bestselling Vampire Academy series is NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!St. Vladimir's Academy isn't just any boarding school - it's a hidden place where vampires are educated in the ways of magic and half-human teens train to protect them....
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Ender's Game

Orson Scott Card - Tor Science Fiction
Format: Mass Market Paperback

In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person...
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Truly Devious: A Mystery

Maureen Johnson - Katherine Tegen Books
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson weaves a delicate tale of murder and mystery in the first book of a striking new series, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and E. Lockhart.Ellingham Academy is a famous private school in Vermont for the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists....
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Etiquette & Espionage

Gail Carriger - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to Finishing School.
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