Top Ten Tuesday: YA books set in boarding schools. (Not sure if I can come up with ten but I'll give it a try.)
1. Looking for Alaska by John Green---my first John Green book which I understand is loosely based on his own experience attending a boarding school.
2. Harry Potter series by JK Rowling---Dud, I almost fogot about the most famous boarding school of the all, Hogwarts.
3. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart--- this book is a favorite and so funny. Frankie is very plucky and I love her!
4. A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray---It has been a lot of years since I read the first two books in this series set in a very creepy and atmospheric boarding school in England.
5. The Tragedy Paper by Elizabeth LaBan---this book has a lot of themes and levels. I even learned a little about albinism from it.
6. Winger by Andrew Smith---hey, this list is easier than I thought. This is the first Andrew Smith book I read and it seems normal compared to the others I have read since then. The main character is younger than his peers. Funny and poignant.
7. Paper Covers Rock by Jenny Hubbard---- a really depressing but beautifully written book about coping with the death of a friend.
8. And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard---- two in a row by the same author, that begs the question, did Jenny Hubbard attend boarding school herself? This one deals with the subject of suicide and incorporates poetry. I was enraptured by it.
9. Super Mutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki----really funky graphic novel set in a a whacky boarding school. This book grew on me as I read it.
10. Sabriel by Garth Nix---If you haven't read this series by Nix, wht are you waiting for. It starts in a boarding school but quickly moves to The Old Kingdom where magic exists.
Yay, I did it. I was right when I thought that a lot of YA books are set in boarding schools.
I love a boarding school setting! Harry Potter has to be one of the best!
ReplyDeleteYou gave me a few nice books here. I haven't read any Jenny Hubbart, but I will look into the two you've listed. Do you know the Spud books? That is also boarding school set in South Africa. Fun books! Here's my TTT:http://marelithalkink.blogspot.co.za/2016/08/top-ten-tuesday-find-x.html
ReplyDeleteGreat idea for a TTT! I'd add School at the Chalet. Have you read that one?
ReplyDeleteHere's my Top Ten!
I should write my own book with this meme!
ReplyDeleteI think HP would make up most of my list, honestly! Glad you liked Winger - have you read the sequel?
ReplyDeleteNo. I have the sequel(s) but haven't read them. But I have read Grasshopper Jungle; 100 Sideways Miles; and The Alex Crow. the guy is a genius, weird, but genius!
DeleteI haven't read any of Smith's books yet. I think I'll start with either Winger or 100 sideways miles.
ReplyDeleteOh come on. Read Grasshopper Jungle. Read his weirdest and his best.
DeleteHarry Potter seems to have been making lots of appearances this week!
ReplyDeleteMy TTT: https://jjbookblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/16/top-ten-tuesday-70/
I haven't read most of these series (except Harry Potter, of course!), but you're right; there are a LOT of boarding-school books. I'll add Shana Abe's The Sweetest Dark (only two books in the series so far; she seems to have dropped out of sight.)
ReplyDeleteWe did kind of the same topic, but I just did schools. I haven't read a lot of books with boarding schools, so I'll have to check some of these out. :)
ReplyDeleteI love A Great and Terrible Beauty. I actually need to read the final book still. I'd also add the Gallagher Girls series to your list. Who wouldn't want to go to a boarding school for spies?
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