Junior Year Hijinks

Book Three in the Max Rocks the '80s Series

Surviving junior year takes absolute discipline.

The hijinks make it worth the ride.

Back at Hillside Moore Academy for his junior year, Max is no longer just trying to stay afloat. With a deeper understanding of his high IQ, ADD, and learning differences, he returns to campus with a newfound sense of confidence.

New status.

Harder classes.

No room for error.

Meet Max.

He's focused, resilient, and ready to prove he belongs by learning how to use the support, strategies, and strengths that make him who he is.

"I've finally figured out what works for me. Now I just have to make sure the school keeps up."

But confidence doesn't mean junior year suddenly behaves any differently.

With new friends, old loyalties, dorm-life chaos, academic support, and more than a few questionable decisions, Max finds himself pulled between the discipline he needs and the hijinks that make Hillside Moore impossible to resist.

With Layla's graduation looming, Max must navigate the bittersweet reality of a love that is growing up faster than he is.

Set amid boarding school traditions and the high-energy nostalgia of 1986, Junior Year Hijinks continues Max's coming-of-age journey through academic challenges, dorm-life mischief, new friendships, first love, and the grit it takes to keep growing up without losing himself.