![]() ![]() ![]() Seriously, if the setting only came up for a few pages in a book, I’d be pleased. It’s about a technological revolution, BUT for fifty sweet, sweet pages, Rue and White are studying their powers together in a sort of boarding school, complete with Yule Ball-esque dance sequence. I used to hate it in Harry Potter when he had to go and battle evil, because it took him away from studying.(That sounds super geeky, but if I got to study potion making and transfiguration, I wouldn’t leave the library!) A whole set of books from Hermione’s perspective would be absolute heaven! But Fearsome Dreamer’s main plot point isn’t about magic school. I always loved any section on the curriculum – it’s so different from anything I’ll ever get to do. The School For Good and Evil is The Best, because it combines boarding schools and fairy tales, which is downright perfect for me. New Girl was about four friends navigating their teenage lives, Ottoline seeks to find her hidden talent and Jodie…well, she gets up to some mischief. ![]() Jude’s series, My Sister Jodie and Ottoline Goes To School. Why all these books are purple, I don’t know. The origin of my love comes from the Secrets at St. Books set in boarding schools are usually fantasy or contemporary and I really like how the setting is so adaptable to any genre. One of the main criteria for a book to be part of my favourites list is for it to be set in a boarding school. It’s my favourite setting to read about, probably because it’s so unusual, and on the surface, seems fun. ![]()
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