Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Ten Books To Read If You Are In The Mood For a School or Academy Setting



Top Ten Tuesday is a Meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish  This week's Top Ten Tuesday is Ten Books To Read if You're In the Mood for X .  

I actually enjoy reading books that are set around an academy or school, even if it isn't the only place that the action takes place.  But school's that have special classes or interesting teachers are some of my favorites.  This is a sample of some of the one's that I've read, in no particular order.  I just wish I could remember all the clever names for the classes that they offered.   




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1.  The Magisterium (The Iron Trial by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare)  A magical school that trains young apprentices in identifying their inner talents (fire, earth, chaos, air, or water).   2. The School for Good and Evil  (The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani) It's actually two academies one for the good and one for the evil  with classes in henchmen training, uglification, curses and deathtraps or princess etiquette, animal communication and good deeds.   3.Thwodin's Guild  (The Dungeoneers by John David Anderson)  While technically called a Guild, it's a school that teaches the art of pick-pocketing, treasure retrieval, sword play, trap disarmament, etc. 


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4.  Deepdean School for Girls (Murder  is Bad Manners by Robin Stevens)  A Boarding School where Daisy Wells and Hazel Wong attend and solve some of their best mysteries. 

12842828 5.  Dr. Critchlore’s School for Minions  (Dr. Critchlore's School for Minions by Sheila Grau)  A boarding school with training in the art of  being the best henchmen to an overlord.  Secret labs, spooky teachers. 

 6.   Foxfire  (Keeper of the Lost Cities by Shannon Messenger)  Foxfire is a prestigious elf school with classes in alchemy, agriculture, elementalism, metaphysics and multispeciesial studies, to name a few. 


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Cragbridge Hall (Cragbridge Hall series by Chad Morris)  A futuristic academy for super smart kids with technological gadgets. " 
Imagine a school in the year 2074 where students don't read history, but watch it happen around them; where running in gym class isn't around a track, but up a virtual mountain; and where learning about animals means becoming one through an avatar."  
 8.  Academy for Metahuman Operatives  (School for Sidekicks by Kelly McCullough) A school where you learn how to be a sidekick to a superhero.  The only class I seem to be able to recall involved fending off bad guys with a fork.  




9.Fairy Tale Reform School  (Flunked by Jen Calonita)  A school who's mission is to "turn wicked delinquents and former villains into future heroes." Interestingly enough the school is run by reformed villains themselves like Flora (Cinderella's evil stepmother), Xavier Wolfington (Red Riding Hood's wolf), Madame Cleo (Ariel's Sea Witch) and Professor Harlow (Snow White's evil queen.). 

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)10.  Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry  (Harry Potter series by J.K.  Rowling)  Probably one of the most famous schools.  Who hasn't wanted an acceptance letter to be delivered by owl?   
Did I miss any other Schools/Academies?  Feel Free to leave a link to your Top Ten Tuesday or a comment.  

21 comments:

  1. Cragbridge Hall made the list! Yay! I love that school. The books, too. :) Even though I do adore the setting, the stranger the better, that's the only one besides Harry Potter here that I've read. I do want to read The School for Good and Evil - and after seeing your list, I've found several more that sound super interesting. (#'s 3, 4, 6 & 8 especially.) Have you read Isle of the Lost by Melissa de la Cruz? In it, we have the children of Disney villians going to a 'villain academy' and it was so fun. There are some pretty neat sounding classes too.

    My TTT

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  2. Brilliant list! :-) I might have to check out these books.

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    1. I hope you get the opportunity and thanks for stopping by.

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  3. I loving boarding school books! Obviously Harry Potter is great and I like the Fairy Tale Reform School series. I want to read The School for Good and Evil though. Great picks!
    Cassi @ My Thoughts Literally

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    1. I liked how both sides were depicted in the school for good and evil, also how each girl was selected into their respective school. Quite fun.

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  4. All great books. Awesome for students.

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  5. Ah yes! School settings is a wonderful idea for a topic!

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  6. What a fun list! How about Beswitched by Kate Saunders?

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    1. Have to check it out, I'm not familiar with it at the moment. Thanks for commenting.

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  7. Yay for Fairy Tale Reform School! I just finished Charmed and it's just as good. I'm dying to read Iron Trial and School for Good and Evil.

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    1. I enjoyed both Iron Trial and School for Good and Evil were good, they are both very different from one another. I thought Good and Evil had more humor to it.

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  8. the Robin Stevens books look really good! My TTT

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  9. Great topic! Boarding school stories are always so much fun.

    I loved Murder is Bad Manners and can't wait to read the rest.

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  10. I love your take on this topic! So many of these are on my TBR (I don't read a ton of middle grade anymore). Great picks!

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    1. I still love my MG, but this year I am trying to branch out and try some new to me genre's too. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

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  11. I love the Keeper of the Lost City books and I really want to read The School for Good and Evil -great list!

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    1. Did you see the new cover for Lodestar? So gorgeous!

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  12. I love Harry Potter and wish I got to go to Hogwarts! I have had Keeper of the Lost City on my shelf for a while and I look forward to reading it. :) Looks like a great list!
    ~Jess

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  13. School for Sidekicks sounds like one I'm going to have to add to my tbr. :)

    Check out my TTT.

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