The Academy
the completely addictive novel set at an elite New England boarding school
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'Endlessly entertaining. I absolutely loved this book and can't wait to read the sequel!' JILL MANSELL
NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
Secrets, rumours, and dangerous liaisons - at an elite New England boarding school, they come with the territory.
It's move-in day at Tiffin Academy and amidst the happy chaos of friends reuniting, selfies uploading, and cars unloading, shocking news arrives: America Today just ranked Tiffin the number two boarding school in the country. It's a seventeen-spot jump - was there a typo? The dorms are dingy, the sports teams always come last and Tiffin students are known for being more social than academic. But the campus is exquisite, class sizes are small, and the dining hall is run by a New York chef. And they do have lots of fun . . .
But as the rarefied air of Tiffin is suffused with self-congratulation, scandalous bulletins begin to appear on phones across campus, thanks to a new app called Zip Zap, and nobody is safe. From Davi Banerjee, queen bee and international influencer, to Simone Bergeron, the young new history teacher; to Charley Hicks, a transfer student who seems determined not to fit in, it seems everyone has something to hide.
As the year unfolds, bonds are forged and broken, secrets are shared and exposed, and the lives of Tiffin's students and staff are changed forever.
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Bestseller Hilderbrand collaborates with her daughter, Cunningham, a recent high school graduate, for a dishy tale of New England boarding school life. It opens on fall move-in day, when Audre Robinson, head of school at Tiffin Academy, is blindsided by news that the school has jumped from 19th to second place in an influential magazine's rankings, eliciting suspicion from rival schools that board president and top donor Jesse Easton has committed bribery. Jesse's popular but wayward 19-year-old son, a student who goes by East, has carte blanche to do whatever he wants at Tiffin. Still, East pushes the envelope, forging a partnership with new girl Charley Hicks to build a speakeasy on campus, and flirting with beautiful 24-year-old history teacher Simone Bergeron. Meanwhile, the students—who include popular influencer Davi Banerjee—are captivated by an app where anonymous users share dirt on students and faculty. As pressure mounts on the school from an investigation into the ranking, explosive secrets come to light about Simone's past and her encounters with East, while Charley and Davi forge an affecting friendship. The authors employ catchy narrative devices, such as the gossipy collective voice of a clique of Tiffin girls and SAT-word-riddled posts from Davi, and they give the main characters plenty of depth. Readers are in for a treat. Agents: Michael Carlisle and David Forrer, InkWell Management.
