School Stories
September is back-to-school season, and we're celebrating with this list of school stories that can be enjoyed by young and old.
The disreputable history of Frankie Landau-Banks : a novel
Lockhart, E.
2008
Sophomore Frankie starts dating senior Matthew Livingston, but when he refuses to talk about the all-male secret society that he and his friends belong to, Frankie infiltrates the society in order to enliven their mediocre pranks.
The field guide to the North American teenager
Philippe, Ben, author
2019
When Norris, a black French Canadian, starts his junior year at an Austin, Texas, high school, he views his fellow students as cliches from "a bad 90s teen movie."
One of us is lying
McManus, Karen M., author
2017
When the creator of a high school gossip app mysteriously dies in front of four high-profile students, all four become suspects. It is up to them to solve the case.
Saving Francesca
Marchetta, Melina.
2004
Sixteen-year-old Francesca could use her outspoken mother's help with the problems of being one of a handful of girls at a parochial school that has just turned co-ed, but her mother has suddenly become severely depressed.
The worst witch. 1
Murphy, Jill, author, illustrator
2014
Mildred Hubble's first term at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches starts badly when, unlike her classmates, she can't control her broom, her kitten, or her spells.
The year of secret assignments
Moriarty, Jaclyn
2010
Three female students from Ashbury High write to three male students from rival Brookfield High as part of a pen pal program, leading to romance, humiliation, revenge plots, and war between the schools.