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Class is back in session! It's the start of another school year at Tiffin, with our favourite 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...
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Class is back in session! New York Times bestselling motherβdaughter pair Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham return with The Thoroughbreds: what has more highβstakes drama, tension, and intrigue than senior year at a New England boarding school?
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Class is back in session!
It's the start of another school year at Tiffin, with our favourite 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 counsellor 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?
Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham answer these burning questions and more in The Thoroughbreds, a page-turning story about friendship, treachery, ambition, and sacrifice.
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ISBN: 9781529445275
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Quercus Publishing
Illustration: N/A
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 153.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 464
About the Author
Elin Hilderbrand (Author)
Elin Hilderbrand is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Iowa Writers Workshop. The Academy is her thirty-first novel, and the first co-written with her daughter, Shelby Cunningham. Hilderbrand is the co-host of the podcast "Books, Beach and Beyond" along with @TimTalksBooks creator, Tim Ehrenberg. She is raising four young adult children and likes to spend her free time at the beach and on her Peloton. She's a grateful ten-year breast cancer survivor. Shelby Cunningham was born and raised on Nantucket Island. She's a 2024 graduate of St. George's School in Middletown, Rhode Island.Also by Elin Hilderbrand
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