The Thoroughbreds is the second and final novel in The Academy series, co-written by Elin Hilderbrand and her daughter, Shelby Cunningham. Set during a high-stakes senior year at a New England boarding school, the story follows student Charley Hicks and her classmates as they grapple with intense college pressures, romance, institutional financial crises, and lingering secrets.

Class is back in session!

It’s the start of another school year at Tiffin, with our favorite characters from The Academy returning for senior year – “sixth form” in Tiffin‑speak – a time of college admissions and trying not to crack under pressure, of partying hard and last hurrahs.

In the wake of Honey Vandermeid’s exit, will the new college counselor be up to the task? What do the cards hold in store for Tiffin’s It couple, Charley and East? What will become of underground speakeasy Priorities? And what was in Cinnamon Peters’s final email?