The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents

The Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents by Nicki Pau Preto is a middle grade magic school fantasy perfect for fans of The School for Good and Evil and Witchlings, now available in paperback!

The story centres on Lavinia "Vin" Lucas, a girl with unparalleled power who must work with her misfit classmates to save her new school. Vin is out of control and out of options. Stranded by parents more interested in studying dung beetles than raising her, Vin has been fending for herself for years. Despite this independence, she has struggled to manage her own powerful, unpredictable magic. After a series of detentions, suspensions, and expulsions from magic schools everywhere, she finds herself at the Last Hope School for Magical Delinquents. It's her final chance—if she gets expelled, it's truly the end of the line.

Determined to behave, Vin soon discovers that her new school encourages exploration of her abilities. Her new teachers, especially the kind headmistress, push her to explore her magic, while her mischievous classmates revel in every mishap. Amidst all this, Vin must also contend with a mysterious fire sprite, a suspicious instructor, and her overwhelming abilities that threaten to sabotage her efforts. Yet for the first time, she is not alone.

When a former student starts attacking the school, Vin is forced to question her understanding of the headmistress and her new surroundings. Is Last Hope a place worth saving? Will her burgeoning abilities, coupled with every trick, trap, and deception in her friends' delinquent arsenal, be enough to protect the school?