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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 406 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,476,801 ratings — published 1997
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by (shelved 335 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.58 — 4,874,628 ratings — published 1999
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter, #2)
by (shelved 321 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.43 — 4,522,027 ratings — published 1998
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Looking for Alaska Looking for Alaska (Paperback)
by (shelved 308 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.96 — 1,754,575 ratings — published 2005
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4)
by (shelved 303 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.57 — 4,217,702 ratings — published 2000
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
by (shelved 300 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.50 — 3,814,857 ratings — published 2003
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6)
by (shelved 289 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.58 — 3,674,913 ratings — published 2005
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Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1) Anna and the French Kiss (Anna and the French Kiss, #1)
by (shelved 244 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.96 — 465,165 ratings — published 2010
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Truly, Devious (Truly Devious, #1) Truly, Devious (Truly Devious, #1)
by (shelved 240 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.88 — 182,685 ratings — published 2018
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
by (shelved 229 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.62 — 4,128,413 ratings — published 2007
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Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1) Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy, #1)
by (shelved 200 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.10 — 681,856 ratings — published 2007
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A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1) A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle, #1)
by (shelved 193 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.80 — 225,709 ratings — published 2003
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Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1) Hex Hall (Hex Hall, #1)
by (shelved 192 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.92 — 143,817 ratings — published 2010
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The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks (Hardcover)
by (shelved 189 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.80 — 50,854 ratings — published 2008
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I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls, #1) I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You (Gallagher Girls, #1)
by (shelved 187 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.84 — 193,699 ratings — published 2006
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Never Let Me Go Never Let Me Go (Paperback)
by (shelved 143 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.85 — 862,560 ratings — published 2005
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Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2) Frostbite (Vampire Academy, #2)
by (shelved 137 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.25 — 372,636 ratings — published 2008
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The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious, #2) The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious, #2)
by (shelved 135 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.11 — 108,761 ratings — published 2019
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Prep Prep (Paperback)
by (shelved 127 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.45 — 74,776 ratings — published 2005
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A Separate Peace A Separate Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 122 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.60 — 232,929 ratings — published 1959
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Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3) Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)
by (shelved 121 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.33 — 381,582 ratings — published 2008
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Carry On (Simon Snow, #1) Carry On (Simon Snow, #1)
by (shelved 120 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.16 — 334,723 ratings — published 2015
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The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1) The Name of the Star (Shades of London, #1)
by (shelved 116 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.89 — 53,721 ratings — published 2011
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The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious, #3) The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious, #3)
by (shelved 115 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.11 — 94,559 ratings — published 2020
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Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls, #2) Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy (Gallagher Girls, #2)
by (shelved 114 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.14 — 94,070 ratings — published 2007
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A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1) A Deadly Education (The Scholomance, #1)
by (shelved 113 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.93 — 223,327 ratings — published 2020
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Marked (House of Night, #1) Marked (House of Night, #1)
by (shelved 109 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.82 — 524,201 ratings — published 2007
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Fallen (Fallen, #1) Fallen (Fallen, #1)
by (shelved 103 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.72 — 619,300 ratings — published 2009
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A Study in Charlotte (Charlotte Holmes, #1) A Study in Charlotte (Charlotte Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 103 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.74 — 66,254 ratings — published 2016
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Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1) Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)
by (shelved 102 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.83 — 51,846 ratings — published 2013
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Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Gallagher Girls, #3) Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover (Gallagher Girls, #3)
by (shelved 102 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.20 — 74,893 ratings — published 2009
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Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1) Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)
by (shelved 99 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.80 — 123,735 ratings — published 2016
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On the Jellicoe Road On the Jellicoe Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 99 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.12 — 51,728 ratings — published 2006
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Blood Promise (Vampire Academy, #4) Blood Promise (Vampire Academy, #4)
by (shelved 95 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.30 — 327,465 ratings — published 2009
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The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1) The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)
by (shelved 92 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.05 — 403,466 ratings — published 2012
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Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle, #2) Rebel Angels (Gemma Doyle, #2)
by (shelved 89 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.95 — 111,954 ratings — published 2004
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Only the Good Spy Young (Gallagher Girls, #4) Only the Good Spy Young (Gallagher Girls, #4)
by (shelved 88 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.29 — 69,746 ratings — published 2010
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Isla and the Happily Ever After (Anna and the French Kiss, #3) Isla and the Happily Ever After (Anna and the French Kiss, #3)
by (shelved 87 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.98 — 119,422 ratings — published 2014
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The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, #1) The School for Good and Evil (The School for Good and Evil, #1)
by (shelved 85 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.98 — 136,350 ratings — published 2013
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People Like Us People Like Us (Hardcover)
by (shelved 83 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.51 — 19,611 ratings — published 2018
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The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle, #3) The Sweet Far Thing (Gemma Doyle, #3)
by (shelved 83 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.97 — 73,361 ratings — published 2007
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A Little Princess A Little Princess (Paperback)
by (shelved 83 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.23 — 331,172 ratings — published 1905
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Princess Academy (Princess Academy, #1) Princess Academy (Princess Academy, #1)
by (shelved 82 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.04 — 122,222 ratings — published 2005
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Out of Sight, Out of Time (Gallagher Girls, #5) Out of Sight, Out of Time (Gallagher Girls, #5)
by (shelved 81 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.33 — 58,843 ratings — published 2012
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Demonglass (Hex Hall, #2) Demonglass (Hex Hall, #2)
by (shelved 81 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.08 — 94,513 ratings — published 2011
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Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy, #5) Spirit Bound (Vampire Academy, #5)
by (shelved 80 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.32 — 307,979 ratings — published 2010
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Spell Bound (Hex Hall, #3) Spell Bound (Hex Hall, #3)
by (shelved 78 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.05 — 62,603 ratings — published 2012
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The Catcher in the Rye The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,911,361 ratings — published 1951
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Winger (Winger, #1) Winger (Winger, #1)
by (shelved 70 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.03 — 23,142 ratings — published 2013
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Night School (Night School, #1) Night School (Night School, #1)
by (shelved 69 times as boarding-school)
avg rating 4.07 — 29,020 ratings — published 2012
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Emma Cline
“Someone's boyfriend died in a rock-climbing accident in Switzerland: everyone gathered around her, on fire with tragedy. Their dramatic shows up support underpinned with jealousy- bad luck was rare enough to be glamorous.”
Emma Cline, The Girls

“Pratt created the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and his motto was "kill the Indian, save the man." At this school, and others that would open and follow in its wake, tens of thousands of Native children faced abuse and neglect. They were often forcibly removed from their homes and taken to these schools that were sometimes across the country from their original lives. When they arrived, the children were forced to cut their hair and change their names. They were made to become White in look and label, stripped of any semblance of Native heritage. The children were not allowed to speak their Native tongues, some of them not knowing anything else. They were prohibited from acting in any way that might reflect the only culture they had ever known.
At Pratt's Carlisle Indian Industrial School alone, the numbers revealed the truth of what this treatment did. Of the ten thousand children from 141 different tribes across the country, only a small fraction of them ever graduated. According to the Carlisle Indian School Project, there are 180 marked graves of Native children who died while attending. There were even more children who died while held captive at the Carlisle school and others across the county. Their bodies are only being discovered in modern times, exhumed by the army and people doing surveys of the land who are finding unmarked burial sites. An autograph book from one of the schools was found in the historical records with one child's message to a friend, "Please remember me when I'm in the grave."
The US Bureau of Indian Affairs seemed to think Pratt had the right idea and made his school the model for more. There ended up being more than 350 government-funded boarding schools for Natives in the United States. Most of them followed the same ideology: Never let the children be themselves. Beat their language out of them. Punish them for practicing their cultures.
Pratt and his followers certainly killed plenty of Indians, but they didn't save a damn thing.”
Leah Myers, Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

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