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The Last Graduate

The Sunday Times bestselling dark academia fantasy and sequel to A Deadly Education
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Set in a dangerous magical school, The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik follows El, a powerful and sometimes reluctant student, as she navigates her senior year. The school itself is filled with deadly challenges and monsters lurking everywhere, and the stakes are higher than ever as El and her classmates must work together to survive and graduate. The story explores themes of friendship, resilience, and the complexities of power in a fantastical setting.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy stories set in a perilous magical school where survival is uncertain and every moment is filled with tension and intrigue. With a witty and determined protagonist, it offers an exciting blend of fantasy, adventure, and a quest for freedom against formidable odds. If you're drawn to tales of friendship blossoming in the unlikeliest circumstances and magic that's both enchanting and deadly, this might be the perfect read for you.

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The Last Graduate

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The exciting follow-up to the Sunday Times bestselling A Deadly Education. Once you enter the Scholomance there are only two ways out: you graduate or you die.

Sequel to the Sunday Times bestselling and Lodestar award-nominated A Deadly Education

The dark school of magic I have been waiting for – Katherine Arden, author of The Bear and the Nightingale

Fantasy that delights on every level – Stephanie Garber, author of Caraval

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Return to the Scholomance – and face an even deadlier graduation – in the stunning sequel to the ground-breaking, Sunday Times bestselling A Deadly Education.

The dark school of magic has always done its best to devour its students, but now that El has reached her final year -- and somehow won herself a handful of allies along the way -- it's suddenly developed a very particular craving ...

For her.

As the savagery of the school ramps up, El is determined that she will not give in; not to the mals, not to fate, and especially not to the Scholomance. But as the spectre of graduation looms – the deadly final ritual that leaves few students alive – if she and her allies are to make it out, El will need to realise that sometimes winning the game means throwing out all the rules.

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Wry, witty, endlessly inventive, and mordantly funny – yet with a true depth and fierce justice at its heart – this enchanting novel reminds us that there are far more important things than mere survival.

A Deadly Education, Sunday Times bestseller - October 2020

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The Last Graduate is the thrilling sequel to Naomi Novik's previous novel, where protagonist El faces increasing peril in a magical school as graduation approaches, with survival uncertain. Reviewers highlight its gripping narrative and escalated tension, making it a compelling continuation of El's story.

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ISBN: 9781529100907

Publisher: Cornerstone

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 May 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin (Cornerstone)

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 20.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 278g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Naomi Novik is the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of A Deadly Education and The Last Graduate, the award-winning novels Uprooted and Spinning Silver, and the Temeraire series. She is a founder of the Organization for Transformative Works and the Archive of Our Own. She lives in New York City with her family and six computers.

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