Roomed: A Prep School Consequence (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798584490683)

Book One in the Max Rocks the '80s Series

Max never planned on failing freshman year.

But in the fall of 1985, one academic collapse sends him transferring to Hillside Moore Academy, an elite New England boarding school where expectations are high and anonymity is impossible.

New roommate. New rules. No safety net.

Meet Max.

"I'm not a one-size-fits-all kinda kid."

He's energetic, sharp-witted, and used to skating by on personality. School, however, has never come easily. As a sophomore transfer student, he quickly discovers that prep school demands more than charm.

Competitive academics. Social hierarchies. A family legacy to uphold.

As he begins to confront how his learning differences affect his grades, emotions, and confidence, Max faces something deeper than homework: his identity.

Privilege doesn't eliminate pressure.
Charm doesn't replace discipline.
Growing up rarely happens on schedule.

Set against the cultural pulse of the 1980s, Roomed is a character-driven coming-of-age novel about friendship, expectation, vulnerability, and the fragile confidence of a teenage boy learning who he is when everything shifts.