🎒 Private School Outsider

A newcomer navigates the coded hierarchies and unspoken rules of an elite institution, where not belonging becomes both a vulnerability and a vantage point.

Stand Before Your God

by Paul Watkins • 1994

Seven years old, American, alone in an English boarding school where names cut deeper than fists.

4.04

343

🏫 Boarding School Stories 🇺🇸 American In England 🎓 Elite Education

Stand Before Your God 89%

Seven years old, American, alone in an English boarding school where names cut deeper than fists.

by Paul Watkins 1994

4.04

343 ratings

🏫 Boarding School Stories 🇺🇸 American In England 🎓 Elite Education

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks

by E. Lockhart • 2008

Her boyfriend's secret society won't admit her, so she runs its pranks from the shadows.

3.80

51k+

🏫 Boarding School 🤫 Secret Society 🧠 Teen Mastermind

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks Summary

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks 88%

Her boyfriend's secret society won't admit her, so she runs its pranks from the shadows.

by E. Lockhart 2008

3.80

51k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School 🤫 Secret Society 🧠 Teen Mastermind

Sweet Heartbreak

by Alexandra Moody • 2022

Hiding her past at boarding school, she falls for the one heir who demands truth.

3.59

12k+

🏫 Boarding School Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Class Divide

Sweet Heartbreak 88%

Hiding her past at boarding school, she falls for the one heir who demands truth.

by Alexandra Moody 2022

3.59

12k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Romance ⚡ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Class Divide

A Class of Their Own

by Matthew Hammett Knott • 2022

The children had private jets. They needed a Cambridge graduate to do their homework.

3.61

376

🎓 Elite Education 💰 Wealth Inequality 👔 Class Memoir

A Class of Their Own 88%

The children had private jets. They needed a Cambridge graduate to do their homework.

by Matthew Hammett Knott 2022

3.61

376 ratings

🎓 Elite Education 💰 Wealth Inequality 👔 Class Memoir

Star Girl

by Jerry Spinelli • 2000

Leo hides in plain sight until Stargirl's glow exposes him, and the school turns its back.

3.77

337k+

🌟 Free-Spirited Heroine 😬 Conformity Pressure 💕 First Love

Star Girl 88%

Leo hides in plain sight until Stargirl's glow exposes him, and the school turns its back.

by Jerry Spinelli 2000

3.77

337k+ ratings

🌟 Free-Spirited Heroine 😬 Conformity Pressure 💕 First Love

Charming as a Verb

by Ben Philippe • 2020

His neighbor catches his dog-walking hustle and demands a social makeover to keep quiet.

3.84

8k+

🎓 College Admissions 🏙️ NYC Private School 🤝 Reluctant Friendship

Charming as a Verb 88%

His neighbor catches his dog-walking hustle and demands a social makeover to keep quiet.

by Ben Philippe 2020

3.84

8k+ ratings

🎓 College Admissions 🏙️ NYC Private School 🤝 Reluctant Friendship

Catherine House

by Elisabeth Thomas • 2020

At a gothic secluded school, survival means losing yourself before the house takes you.

3.11

29k+

🏛️ Dark Academia 🕯️ Cult-Like School 🏚️ Isolated Institution

Catherine House 88%

At a gothic secluded school, survival means losing yourself before the house takes you.

by Elisabeth Thomas 2020

3.11

29k+ ratings

🏛️ Dark Academia 🕯️ Cult-Like School 🏚️ Isolated Institution

I Left My Homework in the Hamptons

by Blythe N. Grossberg • 2021

A tutor for the one percent reveals what wealth does to children that money cannot fix.

3.41

2k+

🏫 Elite Education 🎓 College Admissions 🚁 Helicopter Parenting

I Left My Homework in the Hamptons Summary

I Left My Homework in the Hamptons 88%

A tutor for the one percent reveals what wealth does to children that money cannot fix.

by Blythe N. Grossberg 2021

3.41

2k+ ratings

🏫 Elite Education 🎓 College Admissions 🚁 Helicopter Parenting

Mrs. S

by K. Patrick • 2023

At an English boarding school, a queer Australian matron falls for the headmaster's enigmatic wife.

3.58

7k+

🖤 Queer Gothic 🏫 Boarding School Setting 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Mrs. S 88%

At an English boarding school, a queer Australian matron falls for the headmaster's enigmatic wife.

by K. Patrick 2023

3.58

7k+ ratings

🖤 Queer Gothic 🏫 Boarding School Setting 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Privileged Poor

by Anthony Abraham Jack • 2019

Admitting poor students was step one. Elite colleges forgot there was a step two.

4.25

2k+

🏛️ Elite Universities 🎓 Cultural Capital 📋 Hidden Curriculum

The Privileged Poor 87%

Admitting poor students was step one. Elite colleges forgot there was a step two.

by Anthony Abraham Jack 2019

4.25

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Elite Universities 🎓 Cultural Capital 📋 Hidden Curriculum

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl

by Joyce Carol Oates • 2002

A high school joke turns into a bomb threat accusation, and only one girl believes his innocence.

3.32

6k+

⚖️ False Accusation 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 📰 Media Frenzy

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl 87%

A high school joke turns into a bomb threat accusation, and only one girl believes his innocence.

by Joyce Carol Oates 2002

3.32

6k+ ratings

⚖️ False Accusation 🤝 Unlikely Friendship 📰 Media Frenzy

Legacy

by Kate Brian • 2008

A student haunted by a death chases a party invitation that exposes a clique's lethal secrets.

4.04

7k+

📚 Prep School Mystery 🎭 Boarding School Drama 💅 Mean Girls Clique

Legacy 87%

A student haunted by a death chases a party invitation that exposes a clique's lethal secrets.

by Kate Brian 2008

4.04

7k+ ratings

📚 Prep School Mystery 🎭 Boarding School Drama 💅 Mean Girls Clique

If You Could See the Sun

by Ann Liang • 2022

A scholarship girl in Beijing turns invisible, sells secrets, and partners with her academic rival.

3.99

60k+

💘 Rivals To Lovers 🏛️ Elite Boarding School 💰 Class Divide

If You Could See the Sun 87%

A scholarship girl in Beijing turns invisible, sells secrets, and partners with her academic rival.

by Ann Liang 2022

3.99

60k+ ratings

💘 Rivals To Lovers 🏛️ Elite Boarding School 💰 Class Divide

Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life

by Rachel Renée Russell • 2009

A diary, a crush, and a mean-girl nemesis: an artistic dork's survival guide to private school.

4.10

119k+

📓 Diary Novel 🏫 Middle School Drama 😈 Mean Girl Rivalry

Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life Summary

Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life 87%

A diary, a crush, and a mean-girl nemesis: an artistic dork's survival guide to private school.

by Rachel Renée Russell 2009

4.10

119k+ ratings

📓 Diary Novel 🏫 Middle School Drama 😈 Mean Girl Rivalry

Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim

by Patricia Park • 2023

A racist remark makes a scholarship kid the face of her prep school's diversity campaign.

3.96

2k+

🏫 Prep School 🎓 Scholarship Kid 🌐 Code-Switching

Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim Summary

Imposter Syndrome and Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim 87%

A racist remark makes a scholarship kid the face of her prep school's diversity campaign.

by Patricia Park 2023

3.96

2k+ ratings

🏫 Prep School 🎓 Scholarship Kid 🌐 Code-Switching

The Novice

by Trudi Canavan • 2002

The Guild's first slum-born novice fights class cruelty and unearths the High Lord's deadly secret.

4.08

65k+

🏫 Magic Academy 🖤 Dark Academia Fantasy ⚖️ Class Prejudice

The Novice 87%

The Guild's first slum-born novice fights class cruelty and unearths the High Lord's deadly secret.

by Trudi Canavan 2002

4.08

65k+ ratings

🏫 Magic Academy 🖤 Dark Academia Fantasy ⚖️ Class Prejudice

Broken Prince

by Erin Watt • 2016

Ella fled Reed's betrayal. Back with the Royals, she's trapped in a house where secrets kill.

3.96

115k+

🏫 Prep School Romance 🙇 Groveling Hero 🫂 Found Family

Broken Prince 87%

Ella fled Reed's betrayal. Back with the Royals, she's trapped in a house where secrets kill.

by Erin Watt 2016

3.96

115k+ ratings

🏫 Prep School Romance 🙇 Groveling Hero 🫂 Found Family

The Academy

by Elin Hilderbrand • 2025

A boarding school outsider discovers a hidden speakeasy and a romance that demands her silence.

3.65

132k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Prep School Drama ⚠️ Teacher-Student Affair

The Academy 87%

A boarding school outsider discovers a hidden speakeasy and a romance that demands her silence.

by Elin Hilderbrand 2025

3.65

132k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🏫 Prep School Drama ⚠️ Teacher-Student Affair

Cruel King

by Rina Kent • 2019

An elite school's cruel king becomes obsessed with the one girl who wants to stay invisible.

3.89

103k+

🖤 Bully Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🌸 Wallflower Heroine

Cruel King 87%

An elite school's cruel king becomes obsessed with the one girl who wants to stay invisible.

by Rina Kent 2019

3.89

103k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance 🔥 Possessive Hero 🌸 Wallflower Heroine

Master of Reality

by John Darnielle • 2008

The staff took his Walkman. They cannot take the Black Sabbath album inside his head.

4.07

2k+

🏥 Psychiatric Ward 🎸 Music As Refuge 😤 Angry Teen Narrator

Master of Reality 87%

The staff took his Walkman. They cannot take the Black Sabbath album inside his head.

by John Darnielle 2008

4.07

2k+ ratings

🏥 Psychiatric Ward 🎸 Music As Refuge 😤 Angry Teen Narrator

Night School

by C.J. Daugherty • 2012

A teen exiled to an isolated academy uncovers a clandestine program and a murder nobody explains.

4.07

29k+

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤫 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Love Triangle

Night School 87%

A teen exiled to an isolated academy uncovers a clandestine program and a murder nobody explains.

by C.J. Daugherty 2012

4.07

29k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 🤫 Secret Society ❤️‍🔥 Love Triangle

Tanz der Tiefseequalle

by Stefanie Höfler • 2017

She asks the bullied boy to dance. The room laughs. By morning, they're gone.

3.75

🏫 School Bullying 🪞 Body Image 🎨 Imagination As Refuge

Tanz der Tiefseequalle 87%

She asks the bullied boy to dance. The room laughs. By morning, they're gone.

by Stefanie Höfler 2017

3.75

4 ratings

🏫 School Bullying 🪞 Body Image 🎨 Imagination As Refuge

Big Girl Small

by Rachel DeWoskin • 2011

A teen singer with dwarfism enters an arts school. One boy sees her, not her size.

3.34

3k+

🎭 Performing Arts School 💔 First Love Gone Wrong 📱 Public Shaming

Big Girl Small 87%

A teen singer with dwarfism enters an arts school. One boy sees her, not her size.

by Rachel DeWoskin 2011

3.34

3k+ ratings

🎭 Performing Arts School 💔 First Love Gone Wrong 📱 Public Shaming

Mean Girls

by Micol Ostow • 2017

A zoologist's daughter enters American high school and agrees to infiltrate the queen bee's clique.

3.87

1k+

🎭 High School Comedy 🪞 Social Satire 🏫 New Girl At School

Mean Girls 87%

A zoologist's daughter enters American high school and agrees to infiltrate the queen bee's clique.

by Micol Ostow 2017

3.87

1k+ ratings

🎭 High School Comedy 🪞 Social Satire 🏫 New Girl At School

Mirror Gate

by Jeff Wheeler • 2018

A magicless princess and a haunted orphan fight for the throne and against an ancient darkness.

4.39

12k+

🧙 Magical Boarding School 👧 Orphan Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Mirror Gate 87%

A magicless princess and a haunted orphan fight for the throne and against an ancient darkness.

by Jeff Wheeler 2018

4.39

12k+ ratings

🧙 Magical Boarding School 👧 Orphan Heroine 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Found Family

Mistaken Prejudice

by Tal Lewin • 2023

A foster kid falls for a wealthy equestrian at the prep school that despises him.

3.97

840

🎓 Prep School 💫 Opposites Attract 🫂 Found Family

Mistaken Prejudice 87%

A foster kid falls for a wealthy equestrian at the prep school that despises him.

by Tal Lewin 2023

3.97

840 ratings

🎓 Prep School 💫 Opposites Attract 🫂 Found Family

Excellent Sheep

by William Deresiewicz • 2014

Elite universities promise merit; they deliver a system that rewards compliance over curiosity.

3.88

7k+

🎓 Higher Education ⚖️ Meritocracy Critique 💸 Class Privilege

Excellent Sheep 87%

Elite universities promise merit; they deliver a system that rewards compliance over curiosity.

by William Deresiewicz 2014

3.88

7k+ ratings

🎓 Higher Education ⚖️ Meritocracy Critique 💸 Class Privilege

Priklijuoti

by John David Anderson • 2017

A sticky-note war turns Eric's middle-school crew into targets and their words into weapons.

3.90

9k+

🎭 Middle School Drama 🆕 New Kid In School 📝 Power Of Words

Priklijuoti 87%

A sticky-note war turns Eric's middle-school crew into targets and their words into weapons.

by John David Anderson 2017

3.90

9k+ ratings

🎭 Middle School Drama 🆕 New Kid In School 📝 Power Of Words

Paper Princess

by Erin Watt • 2016

An orphan enters a billionaire's mansion and a dangerous war with his cruel, irresistible son.

3.91

172k+

🖤 Bully Romance ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Rich Boy Poor Girl

Paper Princess 87%

An orphan enters a billionaire's mansion and a dangerous war with his cruel, irresistible son.

by Erin Watt 2016

3.91

172k+ ratings

🖤 Bully Romance ❤️ Enemies To Lovers 💰 Rich Boy Poor Girl

Skippy Dies

by Paul Murray • 2010

One schoolboy's death in a doughnut shop exposes the rot beneath a revered Dublin boarding school.

3.81

29k+

🏫 Boarding School Drama 🤫 Institutional Cover-Up 👥 Adolescent Friendship

Skippy Dies 87%

One schoolboy's death in a doughnut shop exposes the rot beneath a revered Dublin boarding school.

by Paul Murray 2010

3.81

29k+ ratings

🏫 Boarding School Drama 🤫 Institutional Cover-Up 👥 Adolescent Friendship

Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition

by John Taylor Gatto • 2002

An award-winning teacher walked away. His reason: the system is designed to crush independence.

4.14

12k+

🌱 Alternative Education 🏫 Compulsory Schooling 📝 Hidden Curriculum

Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition Summary

Dumbing Us Down - 25th Anniversary Hardback Edition 87%

An award-winning teacher walked away. His reason: the system is designed to crush independence.

by John Taylor Gatto 2002

4.14

12k+ ratings

🌱 Alternative Education 🏫 Compulsory Schooling 📝 Hidden Curriculum

You Said I Was Your Favorite

by Monica Murphy • 2023

Boarding school heir and scholarship student: secret notes link them, but their worlds clash.

3.96

16k+

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Forced Proximity

You Said I Was Your Favorite 87%

Boarding school heir and scholarship student: secret notes link them, but their worlds clash.

by Monica Murphy 2023

3.96

16k+ ratings

⚔️ Enemies To Lovers 💔 Forbidden Love 🔗 Forced Proximity

Riot Rules

by Callie Hart • 2020

New identity. One rule: no attachments. Then Wolf Hall's cruelest king decides she belongs to him.

4.02

9k+

🎓 Boarding School Romance 💔 Bully Romance 🖤 Trauma Bonding

Riot Rules 87%

New identity. One rule: no attachments. Then Wolf Hall's cruelest king decides she belongs to him.

by Callie Hart 2020

4.02

9k+ ratings

🎓 Boarding School Romance 💔 Bully Romance 🖤 Trauma Bonding

Billionaire Boy

by David Walliams • 2010

A billionaire twelve-year-old with no friends switches to the local school to find a real one.

4.12

20k+

🚽 Toilet Humor 🏫 School Comedy 🇬🇧 British Humor

Billionaire Boy 87%

A billionaire twelve-year-old with no friends switches to the local school to find a real one.

by David Walliams 2010

4.12

20k+ ratings

🚽 Toilet Humor 🏫 School Comedy 🇬🇧 British Humor

Troublemakers

by Carla Shalaby • 2017

Disruptive kids aren't broken; the classroom is. Four case studies that rewire how you see behavior.

4.23

3k+

🚸 School Discipline ✊ Racial Bias In Schools 🐑 Conformity In Schools

Troublemakers 87%

Disruptive kids aren't broken; the classroom is. Four case studies that rewire how you see behavior.

by Carla Shalaby 2017

4.23

3k+ ratings

🚸 School Discipline ✊ Racial Bias In Schools 🐑 Conformity In Schools

Night Objects

by Eli Raphael • 2026

After her mother dies, she is sent to boarding school. The secret society preys on the grieving.

3.58

401

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Secret Society

Night Objects 87%

After her mother dies, she is sent to boarding school. The secret society preys on the grieving.

by Eli Raphael 2026

3.58

401 ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🔍 Boarding School Mystery 🕯️ Secret Society

Storm Glass

by Jeff Wheeler • 2018

An orphan who sees ghosts is taken into a sky manor, but the housekeeper wants her dead.

4.21

19k+

⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🏠 Found Family

Storm Glass 87%

An orphan who sees ghosts is taken into a sky manor, but the housekeeper wants her dead.

by Jeff Wheeler 2018

4.21

19k+ ratings

⚙️ Steampunk Fantasy 👧 Orphan Protagonist 🏠 Found Family

Ace of Spades

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé • 2021

An anonymous texter targets the only Black students at an elite academy, uniting unlikely allies.

4.13

102k+

🎭 Dark Academia 🏫 Elite Private School 📲 Anonymous Texter

Ace of Spades 86%

An anonymous texter targets the only Black students at an elite academy, uniting unlikely allies.

by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 2021

4.13

102k+ ratings

🎭 Dark Academia 🏫 Elite Private School 📲 Anonymous Texter

Binding 13

by Chloe Walsh • 2018

When a rugby captain hurts a fragile new girl, guilt drives him into her nightmare.

4.20

9k+

🖤 Dark High School Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🛡️ Alpha Protector

Binding 13 86%

When a rugby captain hurts a fragile new girl, guilt drives him into her nightmare.

by Chloe Walsh 2018

4.20

9k+ ratings

🖤 Dark High School Romance 🔥 Slow Burn Romance 🛡️ Alpha Protector

Bunny

by Mona Awad • 2019

A grad student joins a clique whose sweet nicknames mask rituals that blur flesh and fantasy.

3.45

342k+

🖤 Dark Academia 🐇 Cult-Like Clique 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

Bunny 86%

A grad student joins a clique whose sweet nicknames mask rituals that blur flesh and fantasy.

by Mona Awad 2019

3.45

342k+ ratings

🖤 Dark Academia 🐇 Cult-Like Clique 🌀 Unreliable Narrator

The New Girl

by Meg Cabot • 2008

Allie Finkle starts a new school with a pirate-costumed brother, and a bully wants to fight.

3.86

3k+

🏫 New Kid 🤝 Bully Redemption 🐱 Pet Adoption

The New Girl 86%

Allie Finkle starts a new school with a pirate-costumed brother, and a bully wants to fight.

by Meg Cabot 2008

3.86

3k+ ratings

🏫 New Kid 🤝 Bully Redemption 🐱 Pet Adoption

Because of Mr. Terupt

by Rob Buyea • 2010

A new teacher's warmth draws seven guarded fifth graders into a classroom that feels like family.

4.35

46k+

🏫 School Story 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 👨‍🏫 Inspirational Teacher

Because of Mr. Terupt 86%

A new teacher's warmth draws seven guarded fifth graders into a classroom that feels like family.

by Rob Buyea 2010

4.35

46k+ ratings

🏫 School Story 🗣️ Multiple Narrators 👨‍🏫 Inspirational Teacher

The Price of Admission (Updated Edition)

by Daniel Golden • 2006

The hidden price of elite college admission: donations, connections, and the right last name.

3.67

993

🎓 Elite College Admissions 📚 Educational Inequality 🚪 College Access

The Price of Admission (Updated Edition) Summary

The Price of Admission (Updated Edition) 86%

The hidden price of elite college admission: donations, connections, and the right last name.

by Daniel Golden 2006

3.67

993 ratings

🎓 Elite College Admissions 📚 Educational Inequality 🚪 College Access

Keeper of the Lost Cities

by Shannon Messenger • 2012

A telepath enters a hidden elven academy and learns her DNA was engineered by conspirators.

4.39

113k+

🏫 Magical Boarding School 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧠 Telepathic Protagonist

Keeper of the Lost Cities 86%

A telepath enters a hidden elven academy and learns her DNA was engineered by conspirators.

by Shannon Messenger 2012

4.39

113k+ ratings

🏫 Magical Boarding School 🚪 Portal Fantasy 🧠 Telepathic Protagonist

Who Gets In and Why

by Jeffrey J. Selingo • 2020

It's not your GPA that gets you into college. An inside investigation reveals what really decides.

4.27

5k+

🎓 College Admissions 📜 Education Policy 📰 Investigative Journalism

Who Gets In and Why 86%

It's not your GPA that gets you into college. An inside investigation reveals what really decides.

by Jeffrey J. Selingo 2020

4.27

5k+ ratings

🎓 College Admissions 📜 Education Policy 📰 Investigative Journalism

WASPS

by Michael Knox Beran • 2021

The WASPs had everything except wholeness. Their long pursuit of it built America, then broke them.

3.46

126

🏛️ American Aristocracy 💰 Old Money 🎩 Gilded Age

WASPS 86%

The WASPs had everything except wholeness. Their long pursuit of it built America, then broke them.

by Michael Knox Beran 2021

3.46

126 ratings

🏛️ American Aristocracy 💰 Old Money 🎩 Gilded Age

Solitaire

by Alice Oseman • 2014

A cynical teen joins a too-cheerful boy to track the pranks tearing her school apart.

3.92

144k+

🔍 Online Mystery ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔙 Reunited Friends

Solitaire 86%

A cynical teen joins a too-cheerful boy to track the pranks tearing her school apart.

by Alice Oseman 2014

3.92

144k+ ratings

🔍 Online Mystery ☀️ Grumpy Sunshine 🔙 Reunited Friends

After the Shot Drops

by Randy Ribay • 2018

A basketball transfer divides two best friends, and a cousin’s debts force a betrayal at gunpoint.

4.13

3k+

🏀 High School Basketball 💔 Estranged Friends 👥 Dual Pov

After the Shot Drops 86%

A basketball transfer divides two best friends, and a cousin’s debts force a betrayal at gunpoint.

by Randy Ribay 2018

4.13

3k+ ratings

🏀 High School Basketball 💔 Estranged Friends 👥 Dual Pov

Forget Me Not

by Ellie Terry • 2017

A girl with Tourette's hides behind vintage dresses; the class president becomes her secret ally.

3.91

16k+

📖 Verse Novel 🤝 Bystander To Ally 🚶 Outsider Protagonist

Forget Me Not 86%

A girl with Tourette's hides behind vintage dresses; the class president becomes her secret ally.

by Ellie Terry 2017

3.91

16k+ ratings

📖 Verse Novel 🤝 Bystander To Ally 🚶 Outsider Protagonist

What Have They Done to Liza McLean?

by Amy Doak • 2025

Her rebellious sister turned obedient overnight. The boarding school greenhouse knows why.

3.72

393

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 📚 Dark Academia 🧠 Mind Control Conspiracy

What Have They Done to Liza McLean? Summary

What Have They Done to Liza McLean? 86%

Her rebellious sister turned obedient overnight. The boarding school greenhouse knows why.

by Amy Doak 2025

3.72

393 ratings

🏫 Boarding School Mystery 📚 Dark Academia 🧠 Mind Control Conspiracy

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