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It’s officially time for school to start, so this curious wannabe fae wants to know: what is a book you enjoyed that takes place at a school?
Well, it’s obvious that schools start a few weeks earlier in other parts of the country than they do in New York, but I’m always game for books that are set in schools!
The first book that I recall reading that was set in a school was probably the Harry Potter series (by she who must not be named). However, there have been a lot of really great books set in schools that I’ve read since then.
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan was set in a school (at least for part of the book), and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed the story!
Another amazing book was With the Fire on High by one of my new favorite authors, Elizabeth Acevedo.
The majority of another one of my favorite books of 2020 so far takes place in a school. You know I wasn’t going to skip yet another chance to shout aboutYou Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson, right?
And how could I forget We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia, which starts out at the Medio School for Girls?
Wow, I thought this was going to be a tough one to find books for, but instead I’m inundated with awesome books that took place in schools, and actually had to be reasonable and not wind up including a ton of books.
What books would you include?
Categories: Fae Friday
Leah's Books 
Great picks! All of these are on my TBR (it weeps!) but I’ve heard amazing things about them and can’t wait to *finally* read them because I think it’s way past time lol Loving how vibrant all of these covers are as well 😍
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Thank you! You have great taste in books! 😉 And clearly you need to just read them already!!!!
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Reposting my comment from Caffeinated Fae… 😉
Combining two FaeFriday topics, some of my favorite queer school stories are: Annie On My Mind, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, George, What We Left Behind, Symptoms of Being Human, and Carry On — that last one’s, in fact, a Fae-related queer school story (honestly, I’d love a story all about Trixie the pixie and her girlfriend)!
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I would definitely like to learn more about Trixie the pixie! Especially since Carry On was the only book of your list that I’ve read. 😉
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I just finished the audiobook a week ago. I highly recommend it — Euan Morton is fantastic with the different voices, and I swear you can hear the tension as he switches from one p.o.v. to another in the later chapters.
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I can’t do audiobooks. I’ve always had trouble processing when someone reads to me, even as a kid. I wish I could do audiobooks though!
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That’s cool! All forms of reading are fantastic, whether tree-book or e-book or audiobook or even telepathic osmosis (I’m sure someone out there will invent that someday😁).
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Agreed. All reading is definitely fantastic, although I don’t know how I feel about telepathic osmosis outside of textbooks lol
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Lol! True! I was also never a fan of the “holo-novels” in Star Trek. At that point, you’re really just watching a movie.
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