The Academy

#1 bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand teams up with her daughter,Shelby Cunninghamto deliver a dishypage-turning novel following an intertwined cast of characters over the course of one drama-filled year at a New England boarding school. It’s move-in day at Tiffin Academy and amidst the happy chaos of friends reunitingselfies uploadingand cars unloadingshocking 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 need to be renovatedtheir sports teams always come in last placeand let’s just say Tiffin students are known for being more social than academic. On the other handthe campus is exquisiteclass sizes are smalland the dining hall is run by an acclaimed New York chef. And they do have fun–lots of parties and school dancesand a piano man plays in the student lounge every Monday night. But just as the rarefied air of Tiffin is suffused with self-congratulationthe wheels begin to turn – and then they fall off the bus. One by onescandalous blind items begin to appear on phones across Tiffin’s campusthanks to a new app called ZipZapand nobody is safe. From Davi Banerjeeinternational influencer and resident queen beeto Simone Bergeronthe new and surprisingly young history teacherto Charley Hicksa transfer student who seems determined not to fit into Cordelia SpoonerAdmissions Director with a somewhat idiosyncratic methodology – everyone has something to hide. As if high school wasn’t dramatic enough…As the year unfoldsbonds are forged and brokensecrets are shared and exposedand the lives of Tiffin’s students and staff are changed forever. The Academy is Elin Hilderbrand’s freshbuzzy take on boarding school lifeand a thrilling new direction from one of America’s most satisfying and popular storytellers.