The whimsy of Harry Potter meets the dark seduction of Holly Black's The Cruel Prince in a tale perfect for fans of academy fictionIt all started when I almost died.First, I was healed from my wounds by a mysterious stranger masquerading as a doctor. A stranger who then vanished.Two weeks later, a letter was delivered to my house by smoke and spiders inviting me to a place called Spellwood Academy.As it turns out, I'm half mortal, half fae. My mother and grandmother have been keeping secrets from me. Who my father really is, where I'm really from. And, most recently, that the "accident" that nearly killed me was no accident at all. Someone is trying to kill me. Someone not human.Now, in order to stay safe from whoever is trying to kill me, they're sending me to a magical boarding school for those of both fae and mortal blood.Everyone has to join a society at Spellwood. There's Toadcurdle for the students who like machinery and nerdy games, Dewdrop for those who prefer cupcakes and books to adventure, Stormtongue for the clever who drink tea and debate mermaid philosophy, Flameforge for the brave and fearless, and Briar and Basilisk for the snobby elites.There's a lot of things to remember besides the school's rulebook-Don't go into the crypt at night. Don't go in the labyrinth ever. Don't attend any Basilisk parties (they're dangerous). Don't attend any Toadcurdle parties (they're boring). Don't go into the south woods alone at night. Don't go into the west woods alone in the winter. In fact, avoid being in the woods alone at all times.And absolutely no spells, charms, or curses allowed on school grounds.My room is at the top of a vine-covered tower with a winding staircase, like I'm Cinderella or something. The headmaster has feathered wings like an angel, and my roommate keeps asking me why we mortals set our birthday cakes on fire. A beautiful, golden-skinned fae prince from the sun court is relentlessly pursuing me, but I can't stop thinking about Lucien, the boy with dark hair and antlers whose golden-green eyes that pin me in place whenever he looks at me.I don't have the slightest idea what I'm doing, but I've already survived one murder attempt.How hard can this be?

"He's a fake," declared Chipper Cooper positively, backing up against the steam radiator to warm himself on the other side. "I'll bet a hundred dollars he never was west of Scranton, Pennsylvania." "A hundred dollars," drawled Sile Crane, grinning. "Why don't yeou bate something while you're abaout it? Nobody'd bother to take a measly little wager like that. Now I've kinder got an idee that the new feller really comes from Texas, jest as he says he does. I guess he ain't no fake." "Oh, is that so!" retorted Cooper, a bit warmly. "Well, I'll talk business to you, Mr. Crane; I'll really bet you fifty cents Rodney Grant never saw the State of Texas in his life. Now put up or shut up." "I don't want to bate on it," said Sile; "but I guess I've got a right to my opinion, and I cal'late Rod Grant ain't no fake Westerner."

The Internet is host to a world of information… and misinformation. At the Khan Academy—an online education site started by visionary Salman Khan—one can learn about such diverse subjects as whether there are different sizes of infinity, or if basketball star and regular contributor to the site LeBron James thinks it’s easier to make three free throws or one three pointer. That’s right: LeBron James is a regular contributor. And Bill Gates’s kids are regular visitors. Find out just who Salman Khan is and how he became a superstar magnet—and a superstar in his own right.

Told through comics, journal entries, letters and doodles, this laugh-out-loud story captures all the fun and frustrations of school. Roan's one dream is to leave home and attend Pilot Academy. But instead he is invited to attend Jedi Academy. Get ready for an intergalactic adventure!

Mister Ses finds he is living in an abode on Stockville Elementary Academy's east schoolyard side before he's discreetly discovered by a boy named Lesley. Awestricken by him, Lesley decides to place him in his suit pocket to sneak him into class. Months go by and no one ever notices Mister Ses as they soak up their teacher's lessons. Mister Ses's wittiness and wisdom is mesmerizing! Their teacher assigns Mister Ses a typical student desk. He learns the French alphabet, and helps Lesley to understand difficult lessons. At the end of the school year, every student earns a promotion. Though Mister Ses is self-conscious of his large size, nevertheless, he knows he will try his best!

As the orphaned niece of a cruel lord, Briand is the scapegoat of the castle. She has few friends and even fewer options, and every day is a struggle to stay ahead of trouble caused by malicious guards and irritable castle servants. Briand is set to be banished to the wildlands, a death sentence, when she when she accidentally unlocks a hidden power and involves herself in a rebel plot and her life abruptly changes. Imprisoned in the company of a band of rebels, Briand must do what seems impossible: call up sleeping dragons in the north. But the fearsome Prince's assassins called Seekers are looking for her, Briand doesn't know if she can trust the mysterious, enigmatic rebel leader Kael, and there might be a traitor in the rebels' midst.