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Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Mal, Evie, Dizzy, Celia, and even Uma have a special bond. After all, friendships are like family when your parents are wicked. Through the magic of friendship, these Isle of the Lost Ladies have shown the girls of Auradon, like Jane, what it means to be a loyal and true. Follow their poignant and funny stories in this friendship anthology that prove love, trust, and support often comes from the person you'd least expect--even a villain.
42) Gotham Academy
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"An action-packed teen drama set in the shadow of Batman and the craziness of Gotham City! Gotham City's most prestigious prep school is a very weird place. It's got a spooky campus, oddball teachers, and rich benefactors always dropping by...like that weirdo Bruce Wayne."--
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"When self-proclaimed 'not very bright' nineteen-year-old Danyal Jilani is chosen for a prestigious academic contest, he hopes to impress a potential arranged marriage match, only to begin falling for the girl helping him study instead"--
Danyal Jilani may not be the smartest guy in the room, but he's funny, gorgeous, and going to make a great chef one day. His father doesn't approve of his career choice, but what matters more to Danyal is the opinion...
Publisher
TokyoPop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A new original story set in the magical world of Disney Descendants! The original Villain Kids have worked hard to prove they deserve to stay in Auradon, and now its time some of their friends from the Isle of the Lost get that chance too! When Dizzy receives a special invitation from King Ben to join the other VKs at Auradon Prep, at first shes thrilled! But doubt soon creeps in, and she begins to question whether she can truly fit in outside the...
Author
Publisher
Studio Fun International
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When a scrapbook made by VKs Mal, Jay, Carlos, and Evie washes up on the Isle of the Lost, their arch-enemy Uma decides to "fix" it with her own special touches. Featuring both old Descendants friends and new villains to love, this scrapbook features an inside look into both Auradon and Isle life. Includes photos, notes, and eight gatefold pages.
Author
Series
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"When four offspring of classic Disney villains are offered a chance to leave the island where they have been imprisoned and go to prep school in an idyllic kingdom, they must choose whether or not to follow in their parents' evil footsteps" --
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A journalistic account of the sexual abuse scandals at the Horace Mann School and how their discovery upended the school and the world of private education"--Provided by publisher.
"A shocking exposé of sexual abuse and the struggle for justice at one of America's most prestigious schools The Horace Mann School, located in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, represents the pinnacle of private education. With all its accolades and prestige, few...
48) Descendants 2
Publisher
Disney
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The Villain Kids are back in a high-stakes adventure that's badder than ever! When the pressure to be royally perfect becomes too much for Mal, she flees Auradon only to have Evie and the rest of the gang sneak onto the Isle to retrieve her. But there₂s a new, self-proclaimed queen of evil in town: Mal's archenemy Uma, daughter of Ursula. Together with her pirate crew, including Captain Hook's son Harry and Gaston's son Gil, Uma unleashes havoc...
Series
Publisher
Tokyopop, Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Interscholastic Auradon Fashion Contest is the biggest fashion event of the year and students across Auradon are buzzing with anticipation. No one is more excited than Evie, the villain kids' (VKs) resident fashionista and designer extraordinaire. The other VKs roll up their sleeves to help their friend, but with another Auradon student competing for the top prize alongside her, will Evie be able to reach the top spot? And just how far are the...
50) The shards
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Seventeen-year-old Bret is a senior at the exclusive Buckley prep school when a new student arrives with a mysterious past. Robert Mallory is bright, handsome, charismatic, and shielding a secret from Bret and his friends even as he becomes a part of their tightly knit circle. Bret's obsession with Mallory is equaled only by his increasingly unsettling preoccupation with the Trawler, a serial killer on the loose who seems to be drawing ever closer...
Series
Gotham Academy volume 1
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"The second semester at Gotham Academy is wrapping up, but more than just the school year may be coming to an end. Olive Silverlock is possessed by the spirit of her ancestor, Amity Arkham, a ghoulish entity who wants to burn Gotham City to the ground. As Amity leads Olive on a mission of fire and vengeance, the rest of Detective Club scrambles to find a way to free their friend. When their rescue attempt leads them to an ancient relic hidden inside...
Series
Gotham Academy volume 4
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"It's the second semester at Gotham Academy, and everything is back to normal. Of course, "normal" for Gotham's top prep school would be considered uncontrollable weirdness anywhere else! First, a bunch of students start walking out of their extracurricular activities with no explanation and signing up for a strange new society--Witch Club! Then, a stolen map of the Academy puts the students on a trail of ancient symbols and hidden chambers. There's...
Author
Publisher
Kokila
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Intertwining the stories of two Black students decades apart, this compelling and honest novel follows Kevin and Gibran as they navigate similar forms of insidious racism while discovering who they want to be instead of what society tells them they are.
Series
Rotten to the core trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Parents' Day at Auradon Prep proves to be even more dreadful than expected for the VKs. Ostracized by their new friends and classmates, Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos are even more determinted to fulfill their parents' evil plan, but doubt begins to creep into their thoughts. The people of Auradon think the VKs will always be evil, but in their hearts they are conflicted. Explore the last volume of Disney Descendants: The Rotten to the Core Trilogy as...
55) Accepted
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
T.M. Landry, an unconventional prep school in Louisiana, receives national attention for consistently sending its graduates to elite universities. When an explosive New York Times expos ̌questions the school's legitimacy, students face uncertain futures and must decide for themselves what they are willing to accept.
Author
Series
DC Comics Secret Hero Society volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The team behind DC Comics Lil' Gotham takes readers to the halls of Ducard Academy in Gotham City, where a young Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman start their very own Junior Detective Agency! Young Bruce Wayne is the new kid at Ducard Academy, a prep school for gifted middle school students. Bruce finds out pretty quickly that he doesn't fit in: the faculty seems to not just encourage villainous behavior from its students, but reward it. He makes...
57) Honestly Ben
Author
Series
Openly straight volume 2
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Ben Carver returns for the spring semester at the exclusive Natick School in Massachusetts determined to put his relationship with Rafe Goldberg behind him and concentrate on his grades and the award that will mean a full scholarship--but Rafe is still there, there is a girl named Hannah whom he meets in the library, and behind it all is his relationship with his distant, but demanding father.
58) Redemption Prep
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Emma stands out. Which is hard to do at Redemption Prep, a school where every student has been handpicked to attend its remote campus in the forest of Utah. It's a school with so many rules: Don't skip mass. Don't break curfew. Don't go into the woods. When Emma goes missing in plain sight during mass, it ignites an investigation. Neesha, Aiden, and Evan all want to find her--for different reasons. But not everyone wants Emma to be found. Redemption...
59) Vanished!
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
In Washington, D.C., twelve-year-old Florian Bates, a consulting detective for the FBI, and his best friend Margaret must uncover the truth behind a series of private middle school pranks that may or may not involve the daughter of the President of the United States.
60) Descendants 3
Publisher
Disney Channel
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The VKs return to the Isle of the Lost to recruit a new batch of villainous offspring to join them at Auradon Prep. When a barrier breach jeopardizes the safety of Auradon during their departure off the Isle, Mal resolves to permanently close the barrier, fearing that nemeses Uma and Hades will wreak vengeance on the kingdom. Despite her decision, an unfathomable dark force threatens the people of Auradon, and it is up to Mal and the VKs to save everyone...
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