Boarding School Books for Teens

Teen reads about or set in boarding school.
Updated October 2, 2022
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Truly devious
Johnson, Maureen
Paper Book
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,...
XOXO
Oh, Axie
Paper Book
Jenny's never had much time for boys, K-pop, or really anything besides her dream of being a professional cellist. But when she finds herself falling for a K-pop idol, she has to decide whether their love is worth the risk. A modern forbidden romance wrapped in the glamorous and...
S.T.A.G.S.
Bennett, M. A.
Paper Book
Nine students. Three bloodsports. One deadly weekend. A twisting thriller for fans of gothic literature and The Hunger Games.
The queen's rising
Ross, Rebecca
Paper Book
An epic and exhilarating story of deception, love and revenge, from the extraordinary Sunday Times and New York Times number-one-bestselling author of DIVINE RIVALS. Perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo, Sarah J Maas and Shelby Mahurin. Brienna is an arden, a student of the five passions -...
When the ground is hard
Nunn, Malla
Paper Book
This CBCA short-listed book also won the LA Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature and is a stunning and heartrending mystery set in a Swaziland boarding school about two girls of different castes who bond over a shared copy of Jane Eyre.
A study in Charlotte a Charlotte Holmes novel
Cavallaro, Brittany. author.
Paper Book
The first book in a witty, suspenseful new series about a brilliant new crime-solving duo: the teen descendants of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. This clever page-turner will appeal to fans of Maureen Johnson and Ally Carter. Jamie Watson has always been intrigued by Charlotte...
On the Jellicoe road
Marchetta, Melina
Paper Book
Taylor Markham is not a popular choice. She is erratic, has no people skills and never turns up to meetings. Not to mention the incident when she ran off in search of her mother and only got halfway there. But she's lived at Jellicoe School most of her life and as leader of the boarders that's her...
The year after you
Pass, Nina de
Paper Book
"I love this sad, beautiful, hopeful book." --Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces and How to Make Friends With the Dark For fans of Nina LaCour and Jennifer Niven, a richly layered novel that's both uplifting and heartbreaking,...
Ace of spades
Àbíké-Íyímídé, Faridah
Paper Book
How can you play the game when the cards are stacked against you? AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2021 BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS' AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT FICTIONNOMINATED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDAL 2022"One of 2021's biggest books." gal-demACE OF SPADES is Gossip Girl meets...
The Ivies
Donne, Alexa
Paper Book
Enroll in this boarding school thriller about a group of prep school elites who would kill to get into the college of their dreams...literally. "The Plastics meet the Heathers in this murder mystery about ruthless Ivy League ambition." -Kirkus Reviews ...
Love, Jacaranda
Flinn, Alex
Paper Book
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beastly, Alex Flinn, comes a new contemporary novel about one girl's journey to find her voice and let love in. "A delicious bonbon of a love story."--New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Nancy Werlin ...
Don't breathe a word
Taylor, Jordyn
Paper Book
"A fast-paced, exhilarating story about a boarding school shrouded in secrecy and the girl who will do anything to right the institution's wrongs." --Jessica Goodman, Indiebound bestselling author of They Wish They Were Us Critically acclaimed author Jordyn Taylor weaves an...
Carry on : the rise and fall of Simon Snow
Rowell, Rainbow
Paper Book
#1 New York Times best seller! Booklist Editors' Choice 2015 - Youth! Named a "Best Book of 2015" by Time Magazine, School Library Journal, Barnes & Noble, NPR, PopSugar, The Millions, and The News & Observer! Simon Snow is the worst Chosen One...
Winger
Smith, Andrew
Paper Book
Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old boy at a boarding school for rich kids. He's living in Opportunity Hall, the dorm for troublemakers, and rooming with the biggest bully on the rugby team. And he's madly in love with his best friend Annie, who thinks of him as a little boy. With the...
We set the dark on fire
Mejia, Tehlor Kay
Paper Book
"We Set the Dark on Fire burns bright. It will light the way for a new generation of rebels and lovers." --NPR "Mejia pens a compelling, gripping story that mirrors real world issues of immigration and equality." --Buzzfeed Five starred reviews!! In...
The Chandler legacies
Nazemian, Abdi
Paper Book
From the Stonewall Honor-winning author of Like a Love Story comes a revelatory novel about the enclosed world of privilege and silence at an elite boarding school and the unlikely group of friends who dare to challenge the status quo through their writing. Perfect for fans of E. Lockhart,...
Very bad people : a novel
Frick, Kit
Paper Book
First editions have an exclusive foil design underneath the jacket! "A twisty, deeply satisfying ride." --Sara Shepard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars In this dark academia young adult thriller for fans of The Female of the...
The deceivers
Simmons, Kristen
Paper Book
Kristen Simmons, the author of the Article 5 series and Metaltown, brings her remarkable imagination to this intrigue-filled contemporary drama where good kids are needed to do some very bad things in The Deceivers. An Anthony Award Nominee for Best Young...

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