The only way to stop a threat is to destroy it... ...And last year, we discovered an enormous one. Temperance Fairbanks: the most powerful and sadistic water magus ever to set foot on campus. Hawthorn Academy will host a series of extramural challenges. That means we're hosting shifters, changelings, psychics, and even a vampire. Temperance vowed to hurt them any way she can, and she's already got help. My roommate Grace has a plan. Social warfare, breaking reputations and hearts, including her own. And she wants me to be her muscle. Last year I almost burned the school down. But this time, I might just be sitting on a powder keg. Scroll up and click 'Buy Now' or 'Read for Free' and join the adventure!

My name is Aliyah, and my family is famous. My great-grandfather's magic brought light and healing to the world. On the other side of that coin, my uncle is an infamous criminal, using his magic to only perform evil. I carry their potential. I carry their power. One day, I'll be able to use it - and my goal is to use it for good. Now, I'm starting school, and my biggest challenge isn't history, math, or even the dreaded Magiscience Lab. It's keeping a devastating secret from almost everyone, including my own family. I'm an Extramagus, just like my uncle, whose incredible powers absolutely corrupted him. Is evil really my destiny, or can I fight it somehow?

I knew that a scholarship to Hawthorn Academy would change my life. It would get me away from a Mother who didn't love me, an alcoholic Step-Father I despised and a life filled with no meaning. At the Academy, I could make something of myself. Become who I've always wanted to be; the person I was destined to be. But I could never have imagined that things could be worse there. That The Sect and The Set ruled the school. Literally. They had a list of five rules that all must obey or face the dire consequences. Then there's Him. He is the forbidden fruit. The Beast I'm warned away from. The boy I feel a connection to, yet knew that I shouldn't. Hawthorn Academy isn't anything like I expected. It's obvious that I'm in danger. That somebody is out to harm me. I just needed to survive the next two years there. How hard could that be?

The New Year started with a bang. Literally. Midnight came, and now, life as we know it will never be the same. The Sanctum are out to harm us. To harm me. Nobody is safe. I'd known that a scholarship to Hawthorn Academy would change my life. Guess I'd just never realised how much I could lose.

For fans of Riley Sager, The Hawthorne School is a twisty psychological suspense about the lengths one mother will go for her child, inspired by present-day obsession with cults and true crime. Claudia Morgan is overwhelmed. She's a single parent trying the best that she can, but her four-year-old son, Henry, is a handful--for her and for his preschool. When Claudia hears about a school with an atypical teaching style near her Chicagoland home, she has to visit. The Hawthorne School is beautiful and has everything she dreams of for Henry: time to play outside, music, and art. The head of the school, Zelma, will even let Claudia volunteer to cover the cost of tuition. The school is good for Henry: his "behavioral problems" disappear, and he comes home subdued instead of rageful. But there's something a bit off about the school, its cold halls, and its enigmatic headmistress. When Henry brings home stories of ceremonies in the woods and odd rules, Claudia's instincts tell her that something isn't quite right, and she begins to realize she's caught in a web of manipulations and power. The author's work as a psychotherapist, with a focus on narcissistic manipulation and addictive power dynamics, guides this exploration of a young mother wanting to do the best for her child.

At a time of unprecedented international immigration, seven Somali and African Caribbean boys are working their way through primary and secondary education. It is inner city Bristol and, like large cities across the UK, local communities and schools are receiving many thousands of Somali refugees on their doorstep. As new priorities are swiftly established in the staff room, a new pecking order develops in the playground. In an attempt to improve relations between rival groups, seven boys are referred into a Year 6 social skills group run by the author. Five years later she meets the boys again, and at home with their mothers, grandmothers and siblings, hears stories of exclusion and disappointment, success and ambition as they progress towards their GCSE examinations. Drawn from the author’s doctoral research, this engaging and emotionally honest book offers gripping stories from young people who live at the leading edge of demographic change; a critical discourse on the underachievement of Black and Somali children; a detailed account of the use of a performance narrative methodology; and an exploration of the author’s positioning as a White researcher working with Black participants. About the Boys is vital reading for those interested in the attainment of Black and Somali children and in schools and communities coping with demographic change. It is of particular relevance to students and researchers of narrative inquiry.

The system is broken and if I'm not careful, it'll break me too. While my peers get excited for college, I brace for disaster. I've learned at Hawthorn Academy that danger can happen to anyone. To the jock. To the class clown. To my brother. Now I'm in the line of fire. All known extramagi must have their abilities tested. The way they do it is a horrifying secret. After witnessing one last year, I made a plan to expose the ugly truth. But there's a mind magus on campus now, threatening me. And he's totally within his rights to do so. Mr. Fairbanks leads the Board of Trustees, which demoted the headmaster and expelled my brother. Last year's threat was only a symptom of bigger problems. Half the Trustees play quid pro quo while the rest flex their authority for personal vendettas. Mr. Fairbanks blames me for his daughter's troubles. Mrs. Onassis says I poisoned her son's mind. And Mr. Pierce thinks I'm taking advantage of his children. All because extramagi are supposedly evil. But now I suspect we're scapegoats the influential families pin blame on. They say you make your own future. But can I survive the present first? Scroll up and click 'Buy Now' or 'Read for Free' to continue the adventure