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Back to School in Books

  • Submitted: 3rd September 2024

Back to School in Books

This is a sad week in many ways. The last week of the summer holidays and time to prepare for going back to school. There’s always the buzz of buying a new pencil case and a new school bag however. The excitement of making new friends is always there too!

However, time to go back to school for some memories you may or may not want to relive:

College in Ireland

Head to an Irish college with Jo Spain

Your roommate goes missing….

The Trial Jo Spain

 

A School of Privilege

When We Were Silent by Fiona  McPhilips

Welcome to Dublin’s most exclusive private school.

When We Were Silent Fiona McPhillips

Science lessons

Rosalind by Jessica Mills

You go to school and do really well in science. but you’re a girl and girls aren’t expected to do well in science. When they are, they’re overshadowed by boys.

Rosalind Jessica Mills

Teacher and pupil affairs!

The Favourite by Rosemary Hennigan

Jessica Mooney seems like any other student at her university. She’s talented, driven, and looks set to be this year’s ‘favourite’ in charismatic Professor Crane’s Law and Literature class. But when pupil and teacher come together….

The Favourite Rosemary Hennigan

A school reunion

In My Dreams, I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

Six friends. One college reunion. One unsolved murder.

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife Ashley Winstead

 

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Books with houses on the cover

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Books set in gothic houses

Novels set in the court room

Novels set during the Gold Rush

Books with stories reimagined

Books set in snowy climates

Five novels set in the world of academia

The Magic of a Locked Room mystery

Five books set in bookshops

Books set on a beach

Books set on an island

Novels set on ghostly ships

Books set in schools

Books set on the marshes

Five great books set in wartime

Time for five books set in lovely locations

Five books with a foodie twist

Five books set at sea

What about five books set in hotels

Books set in the art world

Scary Books set in the woods

Travelling Books set on a train

Books set in the animal world

Books set in isolated places

 

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