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Fantasy and Sci Fi School Stories

I'm a fan of both school stories and fantasy (like the Harry Potter books). Here are the books I've reviewed that combine the two!

Supernatural/monsterous/paranormal/magical kids at school:

Scary School, by Derek the Ghost (2011) mg

Villain School: Good Curses Evil (2011) mg

The Ring of Five, by Eoin McNamee (2010) mg

The Girl Who Could Fly, by Victoria Forester (2008) mg

Amari and the Night Brothers,  by B.B. Alston (2020)

Forget-Her-Nots, by Amy Brecount White (2010) ya

Dark Mirror, by M.J. Putney (2011) ya

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2011), by Ransom Riggs (ya)

Hex Hall, by Rachel Hawkins (2011) ya


Fighters of supernatural creatures at school:


Voice of the Undead (Alex Van Helsing), by Jason Henderson (2011) ya

Secret of the Shadow Beasts, by Diane Magras (2022) mg

Schools where ordinary people go to learn magic:

The Little Broomstick, by Mary Stewart (1972) mg
 

Schools where ordinary people go to survive a world where everyone else is magic:

Ordinary Magic, by Caitlen Rubino-Bradway (2012) mg


Time travel at school:

Beswitched, by Kate Saunders (2010) mg

Charlotte Sometimes, by Penelope Farmer(1969) mg


Sci Fi Schools

Astronaut Academy, by Dave Roman (2011) mg

Academy 7, by Anne Osterlund (2009) ya

Earth Girl, by Janet Edwards (2013) ya (college for archaeology in the future)


Other speculative fiction schools (vague on purpose because of spoilers or requiring lengthy explanations or becuase they don't fit neatly in any of the above)

The Atomic Weight of Secrets, by Eden Unger Bowditch (2011) mg

Variant, by Robison Wells (2011) ya

The Last Academy, by Anne Applegate (2012) ya