Getting a degree in evil

Watching our seniors go through the college application process isn't a ton of fun. I wonder if any of them have considered the Axis Institute for World Domination ("Some people are born evil - others get their degree in it"). This institution of ill-repute is actually the front for a book called Evil Genius, by Catherine Jinks (Fiction J564e). It's the story of Cadel Piggott, a boy genius who just doesn't fit in. He finds his way to the Axis Institute and interesting things start to happen. Check out a bit of the curriculum:



I was afraid the book would be little more than a thin plot driven by a gimmick, but I was more than pleasantly surprised by its depth. Thank goodness there's going to be a sequel.