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What the heck is The Secret History doing on this list? It's a great book but it isn't remotely fantasy or sci fi. Somebody really needs to weed this list...

HELP. I'm trying to find the title of a book I read years ago.
Magic academy, the protagonist is a genius at guitar and plays at night clubs after school to make money. On his very first day at school he got tricked into bringing a candle into the Library and got banned for life. He went into magical crafting...
Anybody remember this book? What the heck was it called.

Am looking for an anthology from early 2000s or before. In one story a girl is visiting her brother at boarding school (possibly reform school) and finds that he has been fitted with a brain chip giving him fierce headaches if he criticises it or says or does anything "out of order". She promises to help, only to learn that her parents have enrolled her there and she will be fitted with a similar chip.

Iirc there was another story involving a telephone receiving calls from the future. The hearer learns that she is to die in a car accident, but in trying to prevent this she inadvertently *causes it.

Ring any bells?

Dave wrote: "HELP. I'm trying to find the title of a book I read years ago.
Magic academy, the protagonist is a genius at guitar and plays at night clubs after school to make money. On his very first day at sch..."

This is the answer i got when i gave your description in an AI app i use.

"The book you are describing sounds like "The Magic in this Other World is Too Far Behind! by Gamei Hitsuji. This light novel series features a protagonist who has a talent for music and gets involved in various magical activities, including crafting and attending a magic academy. However, the specific plot points about being tricked into bringing a candle into the library and getting banned for life do not match exactly.

If this is not the book, it might help to provide more details or check with communities that focus on fantasy or magic academy genres, such as relevant subreddits or forums, to get a more precise answer."

Thanks Bridget (Mom of 2 -MiMi to 1)