For some people, high school is four years that are fondly remembered as the best years in life. I am not one of those people. I started 9th grade as a New England transplant placed in a southern suburban high school of over 2,000 students. I hated every minute of it. I begged and pleaded with my parents to send me to boarding school back up north and they in turn, laughed at me. And while I begrudgingly made it through 4 tough years and moved on, I still can’t help but romanticize boarding school and dream of the school days I never had- cavorting around foggy school grounds, lessons in Charms and Divination, cheering on me mates at the Quidditch pitch, er…ok, so Hogwarts doesn’t really exist, but like I said, it’s a dream. Fantasy or reality, boarding schools make great settings for books. Below are a few of my favorites.

A Great and Terrible Beauty by Linda Bray

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Princess Academy by Shannon Hale

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks by E. Lockhart

Spud by John Van de Ruit

Do you have any boarding school fiction recommendations?

1. Back to School
2. Headed Back to School? Take Us With You!
3. Time Travel Fiction
4. Destiny: DeKalb County School System’s Online Catalog
5. Fantasy Fiction: It’s Fantastic!