Questioning Authority in Children's Fiction

Miss Ellicott's School for the magically Minded by Sage Blackwood

• Pub Date: 2017
• Grades 4-6 interest
• See also: Kids on Their Own 
• Chantel has never been very good at deportment, but that turns out to be a good thing when the sorceresses that protect the city disappear.

A Single Stone by Megan McKinley

• Pub Date: 2017
• Grades 5-10 interest
• See also in Teen: Dystopian 
• Jena begins to wonder if the Mothers are making the right choices for the community. 

Eventown by Corey Ann Haydu

• Pub Date: 2019
• Grades 5-7 interest
• Elodee and her family move to Eventown for a fresh start, but Elodee begins to chafe at the rules in this strange town.