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Books in the Boarding School genre:

The Varmint (1910)

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Adventures at a boys’ boarding school - more football than baseball. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Owen Johnson
Illustrator(s): F. R. Gruger

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The Tennessee Shad (1911)

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The Prodigious Hickey has moved on but life continues at The Lawrenceville School. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Owen Johnson
Illustrator(s): F. R. Gruger

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Tom Brown’s School Days (1911)

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One of the first English boarding school stories set at Rugby and written by an ‘old boy.’ The black and white illustrations are by Rhead, the color by Schoonover. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Thomas Hughes
Illustrator(s): Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover

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Stover at Yale (1912)

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Having graduated Lawrenceville School, Dink Stover matriculates at Yale. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Owen Johnson
Illustrator(s): Arthur Covey
F. R. Gruger

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The Little Nugget (1914)

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The Little Nugget is Ogden Ford, object of kidnappers employed by his mother, who is divorced from his father, who has also employed kidnappers to keep him away from his mother’s bad influence and then there is White, the school butler who is a... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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The Little Nugget (1914)

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The Little Nugget is Ogden Ford, object of kidnappers employed by his mother, who is divorced from his father, who has also employed kidnappers to keep him away from his mother’s bad influence and then there is White, the school butler who is a... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Will Grefe

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Skippy Bedelle (1922)

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Further adventures of the Lawrenceville School inmates. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Owen Johnson
Illustrator(s): Ernest Fuhr

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Mike: A Public School Story (1924)

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Mike Jackson wins his first XI colors at Wrykyn in his first year, as set forth in the first part of the serialization of this novel ‘Jackson Junior,’ but two years later his father rusticates him to Sedleigh due to his poor marks. It is ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): J. H. Hartley

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Enter Psmith (1935)

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Originally published as the second part of Mike. On his first day at his new public school Mike meets Psmith, the P is silent, a superannuated Etonian. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Enter Psmith (1935)

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Originally published as the second part of Mike. On his first day at his new public school Mike meets Psmith, the P is silent, a superannuated Etonian.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Madeline (1939)

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The smallest of the twelve French orphans under the care of Madame Clavel wakes up one night with a tummy ache. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s): Ludwig Bemelmans

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1940
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Autumn Term (1948)

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Twins Nicola and Lawrie Marlow join their four older sisters at Kingscote School.

Author(s): Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s): Marjorie Owens

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The Otterbury Incident (1948)

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A gang of school boys sets out to raise money to replace a broken window and stumble on a gang of criminals. Adapted from the French film Nous les Gosses. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): C. Day Lewis
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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Carney’s House Party (1949)

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Home from her first year at college, Carney gives a house party for her friends, new and old. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s): Vera Neville

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Little Men (1950)

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Jo March has married Professor Bhaer and started a boarding school for boys on advanced lines. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Louisa May Alcott
Illustrator(s): Hilda van Stockum

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Fear at My Heart (1951)

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Anthea, good at lessons, but bad at games, disliked by the other students, strikes up an immediate friendship with Bridget, the new maid who introduces her to "Our Blessed Lord." Mary Harris had a unique ability to see into the mind and heart of a ch... View More

Author(s): Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s): None

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Henrietta of St. Hilary's (1953)

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Henrietta is not looking forward to the fall term at St. Hilary's now that her best friend has gone out to Africa. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s): None

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Mike and Psmith (1953)

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In Mike at Wrykyn Mike Jackson wins his first XI colors at Wrykyn in his first year, as set forth in the first part of the serialization of this novel ‘Jackson Junior,’ but two years later his father rusticates him to Sedleigh due to his ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Mike at Wrykyn (1953)

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In Mike at Wrykyn Mike Jackson wins his first XI colors at Wrykyn in his first year, as set forth in the first part of the serialization of this novel ‘Jackson Junior,’ but two years later his father rusticates him to Sedleigh due to his ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Madeline (1954)

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In an old house in Paris
That was covered in vines
Lived twelve little girls …
The smallest one was Madeline.

Author(s): Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s): Ludwig Bemelmans

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