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After thwarting a robbery, Nolan Hawker is invited to the world’s most dangerous school. At The Peak…

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A & U Children

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The Ruling Class

Penguin UK

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A POWERFUL SISTER. When Tess is sent to stay with her older sister, she has no idea that the famed …

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Scholastic Australia

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Juniper Mayfair is cursed by Chaos. Or so she has been told. And it is well known that children with…

The Fate of Dragons

Little Moa

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Schooled

Atheneum

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