Harry Potter lead us to other boarding school series (1940s/Enid Blyton types) - the language (being British) gave a lot of scope for discussion and while they're not heavy political stuff, they offered my kid (DD5) a chance to live vicariously through older girls. she hasn't had much patience for a lot of the more contemporary ones, but anything post-war and earlier has been a big hit!

Every Sunday it brooded and lay on the floor. Inconveniently close to the drawing-room door.