Book recommendations!

Fun fact: my love for reading and languages was fostered by my elementary school teacher, who handed out reading licences for doing well in class (hoping it won't expire soon!)

The Charlie Bone series by Jenny Nimmo

• first read when I was: 11ish?
• my parents didn't want to waste money by buying me those big glossy Harry Potter books so they bought me two of these instead
• plot similar to the HP series but with magical traits
• boarding school, discrimination based on blood, magic spells, you name it
• was actually fun so I'm giving it a 7/10