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The School for Good and Evil
Soman Chainani
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When best friends Sophie and Agatha enter the School for Good and Evil, their destinies are reversed. This NYT bestselling series inspired Netflix's star-studded adaptation with Charlize Theron and Kerry Washington, captivating millions with its subversive take on fairy tales. Where do you truly belong?

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What if you spent your entire life preparing to be a princess, only to wake up in villain school? Sophie has practiced her royal wave in the mirror for years, perfected her curtsy, and maintained a rigorous beauty routine that would make any influencer jealous. She's certain she's destined for tiaras and true love's kiss. Meanwhile, her unlikely friend Agatha-dressed in black, living in a graveyard, perfectly content being the town outcast-just wants to be left alone. When the School Master's mysterious kidnappings come to their village of Gavaldon, both girls are taken. But here's the twist that changes everything: beautiful, princess-obsessed Sophie gets dumped into the School for Evil, while gloomy, antisocial Agatha lands in the School for Good. The mix-up seems impossible, yet as their story unfolds, we begin to wonder-did the School Master actually make a mistake, or does he see something in these girls that they can't yet see in themselves?

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The Night Everything Shatters

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