The Academy

The Academy is a young adult novel by Elin Hilderbrand and her daughter, Shelby Cunningham, about a year at a prestigious New England boarding school, Tiffin Academy, where a new app called ZipZap spreads scandalous secrets, disrupting the lives of students and staff. It's the first book in a planned two-book series, with a sequel, The Thoroughbreds, set for release in September 2026, continuing the story with the characters as seniors. The book explores themes of social hierarchy, secrets, and coming-of-age, with a faster pace and spicier content than Hilderbrand's usual work, appealing to a YA/NA audience