19 hours ago by Crazy Bookworm

The Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson is our class book for year 8, so if a teacher is reading this, maybe it might help you decide. Maia has lived in boarding school since the death of her parents. But now her guardian has found family in the Amazon that are willing [...]

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1 day ago by Faythe

The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney When Alex, a junior at an elite preparatory school, realizes that she may have been the victim of date rape, she confides in her roommates and sister who convince her to seek help from a secret society, the Mockingbirds. Read the entire series: The Mockingbirds Riva ...

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2 days ago by Brian Fisher

As everyone in the admission process begins to hunker down for a quiet period with passing of traditional application and financial aid deadline, parents wait and check with admission officers making sure application folders are complete and admission officers begin reading files and exercising thei ...

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5 days ago by Natalie~Coffee and a Book Chick

In my attempt to grow more outside of my comfort zone, I downloaded Among Others by Jo Walton for some science fiction and fantasy reading. It's not normally genres I read, but the few times I have, it's been fairly enjoyable. I guess for me it's an acquired taste, like coffee or wine. I have to reg ...

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7 days ago by Jenni Wolfson

This week I travelled twice to Concord, Massachusetts to speak and perform at Middlesex School - a highly regarded New England prep school. I have never visited a boarding school before and was fascinated by the experience in contrast to my own public school experience in Glasgow. On Tuesday I spoke ...

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8 days ago by Rog42

Project 2012: Day 35 I had the ignominious pleasure of heading to my first boarding school at the tender age of seven. Pretty much the first chapter of Bryce Courteney’s “The Power of One,” was my personal experience. But as with all crappy experiences, they have a habit of teaching powerful lessons ...

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9 days ago by Darla D

I had heard so many wonderful things about this book that I'd put it on my list, but at the same time I could tell by the little I knew about it that it would probably be a difficult read emotionally. I've sounded off probably more than anyone would care to know about my aversion to books that are o ...

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9 days ago by RFW

Does this sound familiar? A ten-year old orphan is adopted by her mother’s brother. When her uncle dies, her cruel aunt mistreats her, and her mean cousins find every opportunity to torment her. Finally, she is sent off to a boarding school where her life becomes even more miserable as she finds her ...

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9 days ago by Brian Fisher

If you’re a high school snowboarder with collegiate or U.S. national aspirations, you might like our latest video interview with Chris Davies, Gould Academy, head snowboarding coach. Davies talks about how Gould works with and approaches competitive snowboarding from cross training in the off-season ...

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9 days ago by Brian Fisher

Janet Dunn, Director of the Akin Learning Center at Kents Hill School chats with us about the center’s new building and the story behind it. Kents Hill (a coed boarding school in Kents Hill, ME) has been on the fore of learning differences programs having had a program (that started in Dunn’s living ...

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