Boarding School Books for Teens

Teen reads about or set in boarding school.
Updated October 2, 2022
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Truly Devious
Maureen Johnson
Paper Book
Something is wrong at Ellingham Academy: Its murderous past won't stay in the past. Ellingham Academy is the famous private school in Vermont where the brightest thinkers, inventors, and artists who will change the world are admitted for two years before college. Shortly...
XOXO
Axie Oh
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...
The Queen's Rising
Rebecca Ross
Paper Book
From Rebecca Ross, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divine Rivals, comes a lush, sweeping debut romantasy about an outcast who finds herself bound to a disgraced lord and entangled in his plot to overthrow the king. Perfect for fans of This Woven Kingdom and The Shadows...
A Study in Charlotte
Brittany Cavallaro
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
Melina Marchetta
Paper Book
"What do you want from me?" he asks. What I want from every person in my life, I want to tell him. More. Abandoned by her mother on Jellicoe Road when she was eleven, Taylor Markham, now seventeen, is finally being confronted with her past. But as the reluctant leader of her boarding school...
Slingshot
Mercedes Helnwein
Paper Book
"Helnwein debuts in striking fashion... The writing, especially the dialogue, is magnetic, honest, and brimming with caustic wit... [an] enrapturing take on the intense highs and lows of teenage love." --Booklist (Starred Review) "Wildly real and...
Ace of Spades
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Paper Book
Gossip Girl meets Get Out in Ace of Spades, a YA contemporary thriller by debut author Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé about two students, Devon & Chiamaka, and their struggles against an anonymous bully. All you need to know is . . . I'm here to divide and...
The Ivies
Alexa Donne
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
Alex Flinn
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 ...
Carry On
Rainbow Rowell
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
Andrew Smith
Audiobook
Ryan Dean West is a fourteen-year-old junior 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
Tehlor Kay Mejia
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 this daring and...
Very Bad People
Kit Frick
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...

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