This book was amazing, it was really good and very interesting.
The School for Good and Evil
By Soman Chainani
Book 1 of 4 in the
The School for Good and Evil Series
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 4 - 6 | n/a | 5.2 | 105365 |
The New York Times bestselling The School for Good and Evil is an epic journey into a dazzling new world, where the only way out of a fairy tale is to live through one. Start here to follow Sophie, Agatha, and everyone at school from the beginning!
With her glass slippers and devotion to good deeds, Sophie knows she'll earn top marks at the School for Good and join the ranks of past students like Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Snow White. Meanwhile, Agatha, with her shapeless black frocks and wicked black cat, seems a natural fit for the villains in the School for Evil.
The two girls soon find their fortunes reversed—Sophie's dumped in the School for Evil to take Uglification, Death Curses, and Henchmen Training, while Agatha finds herself in the School for Good, thrust among handsome princes and fair maidens for classes in Princess Etiquette and Animal Communication.
But what if the mistake is actually the first clue to discovering who Sophie and Agatha really are?
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published on 4/30/2014
Binding: Paperback
Book Reviews (308)
Welcome to Gavaldon, a seemingly ordinary village surrounded on all sides by woods. But there is one part about this village that is out of the ordinary. Every four years, on the eleventh night of the eleventh month, two children are taken from their beds and spirited away. They are taken to the School for Good and Evil, where good children train at the School for Good to become princes and princesses, and where evil children train at the School for Evil to become villains and witches. One of the children is always kind and beautiful, while the other child is always ugly and odd. Sophie and Agatha are best friends, and they seem like the perfect pair to be taken this year. Sophie is the perfect candidate for Good, for she is 'kind' and beautiful, while Agatha is odd and ugly. But, when these two friends reach the school, Agatha is taken to Good, and Sophie is taken to Evil. Did the School Master make a terrible mistake... or was he right all along? In this entertaining story, Sophie and Agatha learn about love, hard work, friendship, and what it truly means to be good or evil. I loved, loved, loved, LOVED it, and once I started reading it I could never put it down. This is a great book to teach kids about staying true to themselves, and it has a great twist to the fairy tale stories that we all know and love. I highly recommend this to older elementary and middle school kids. Enjoy!
This book is an absolute must-read because it is so well written and it has such an interesting story. Sophie and Agatha are best friends and complete opposites. Sophie is the prime example of beauty (and vanity) while Agatha is actually a witch’s child. They are taken to the School of Good and Evil, where young children learn to become heroic heroes and vile villains. The problem is that Sophie is taken to the Evil school while Agatha is taken to the Good school. Each side doesn’t think their latest recruit is worthy. Sophie and Agatha try everything to change the error, but nothing really works. The twists and turns this story takes will amaze you, until the finale shocks you. This book is a superb read and is part of a series. Get all of them for a great time!
This book is an absolute must-read because it is so well written and it has such an interesting story. Sophie and Agatha are best friends and complete opposites. Sophie is the prime example of beauty (and vanity) while Agatha is actually a witch’s child. They are taken to the School of Good and Evil, where young children learn to become heroic heroes and vile villains. The problem is that Sophie is taken to the Evil school while Agatha is taken to the Good school. Each side doesn’t think their latest recruit is worthy. Sophie and Agatha try everything to change the error, but nothing really works. The twists and turns this story takes will amaze you, until the finale shocks you. This book is a superb read and is part of a series. Get all of them for a great time!
Sophie ans Agatha refuse to believe that they will not be getting the destinies they wanted. Sophie has always dreamed of getting kidnapped into an enchanted world (she is the most beautiful girl in Gavaldon after all). Sophie also knows that she will get extraordinary grades in the School of Good and graduate as a princess. Agatha is the perfect candidate for the School of Evil. With her black dresses, evil pet cat and her hatred for almost everyone she will most likely graduate as a villain. When they find themselves in the Endless Woods, Agatha and Sophie's destinies switch. Agatha is now going to be the princess and Sophie is going to be the villain. Now the only way to out of their fairy tale is to live through it. Will they be who they were meant to me?
This book was so fun to read!!! I think it was sort of half mystery half fantasy!! My favorite part was when... Just kidding!!! I have no favorite part I loved it and hoping u guys will read it too!
Dazzling and brilliantly executed, The School for Good and Evil manages to be both heartwarming and seriously sweet. It's a middle-grade novel written by Soman Chainani, and it utilizes fairy-tale tropes to excellent effect –– it had me giggling for a while, because this is exactly the type of light-hearted, snappy humor that always makes me laugh. Sophie and Agatha, the two protagonists, represent why teenage girls shouldn't be taken lightly––they are characters that grow on you, and they are characters that grow with you. Like Shrek and other fairy-tale adaptations, The School for Good and Evil stays true to its roots. It's true that female villains are often the most delightfully wicked of all, and I especially liked how earnest Sophie's very turbulent, atypically teenage emotions were exploited––it was very real, and her motives were explained in a way that made sense. I think I would consider this a "light read," because it was coming-of-age and just very adorable, but––there was a lot of surprisingly hidden depth, lurking under the surface. Digging up the history and the world-building was enlightening, and the writing delves into answering some philosophical questions: What is the true nature of friendship? What even is "good and evil," exactly? What choices really matter in the long-run? We don't live in a world with castles and brambly forests and fairy-tale heroines, but that's the point––we can apply the lessons and questions from The School for Good and Evil and use it in our own worlds, in our own surroundings, in our own situations. I will tell you this: by far, the most important lesson that the School for Good and Evil strived to teach is that your nature is self-determined. We are not inherently good or evil, and we do not have to be what people expect us to be. We are more than capable of breaking out of our molds, and blazing our own paths into the future––in the real world, we can't travel back in time, but there is always (always!) room for change inside our souls.
I love this book. The series is super interesting. If you like fantasy this series is for you. It left me on edge and constantly wanting to read it. So if you are bored it is a great book to read even though it is a little long.
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This book was so amazing and was I was surprised at thee end I love it ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
THIS IS MY FAVORITE BOOK IN THE PLANET. I read it from the pm into the am. If you like romance, drama, adventure, mysteries and magic this is a good book for you. Pack some snacks for this book, once you start reading you CAN NOT STOP.