September at Tiffin Academy brings chapel bells, college applications, and a sixth-form class already straining under New England boarding-school pressure.
Charley and East remain the campus It Couple, though whispers say they are in trouble, and a rift has opened between football star Dub and his best friend Hakeem.
Posh day student Pippa Sacks could shatter the school's careful social ranking, while Head of School Audre Robinson tries to save both her job and the academy after a disastrous financial mistake.
Before she died, Cinnamon Peters sent Dub an email attachment whose contents still hang unanswered over campus.
Friendship, treachery, and ambition collide as Tiffin's seniors—and the adults who run the school—face a year that forces them to grow up in public.
