The Freshman, Book 4

The Freshman, Book 4 is the fourth and final book of The Freshman series. It succeeds its first three books, The Freshman, Book 1, The Freshman, Book 2 & The Freshman, Book 3, and is followed by The Sophomore, Book 1, a sequel to The Freshman series.

In this book, your character joins her college friends on a road-trip on their Summer Break from Hartfeld.

Summary
''Zack surprises the group with plans for a summer road trip... but is everyone in high spirits?''

Chapter 1: Rockin' Down the Highway
"Zack surprises the group with plans for a summer road trip... but is everyone in high spirits?"

Chapter 2: (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
"You breeze into Maine to meet Chris! What adventures await you in his hometown?"

Chapter 3: Summer Wine
"You stop for the night at the Ashtons' summer home. Will you get rested up or partied out?"

Chapter 4: Can't Buy Me Love
"A day in the Big Apple is bound to be full of surprises... some better than others. What awaits the gang in the big city?"

Chapter 5: Born to be Wild
"You finally roll into Kaitlyn's hometown! Will Austin be anything like what you expected?"

Chapter 6: Hungry Like The Wolf
"Abbie and Tyler take you camping on the coast, but can you survive a night in the wilderness?"

Chapter 7: Bad Moon Rising
"Zack is lost in the woods! Can you find him before it's too late?"

Chapter 8: Stand By Me
"With the van on the fritz, will the gang make it to the Aurora Music Festival in time?"

Soundtrack
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Trivia

 * The Freshman series is followed by The Sophomore series.
 * This book reveals the bisexuality of Zig.
 * The chapter titles' origins come from classic rock and pop song titles.
 * This is the first book of The Freshman series that doesn't take place on campus.
 * With 8 chapters, this is the third shortest book in the game. The first being Rules of Engagement: Newlyweds with 5 chapters and the second being The Haunting of Braidwood Manor with 6 chapters.
 * According to polls on social media, this book was the least liked out of all The Freshman books. It received many criticisms such as not having enough scenes with the love interests, not doing anything exciting on the road trip and Zack behaving cynical and rude during the majority of the book.
 * In Chapter 5, a poster parodying "Bend It Like Beckham", as well as a notebook cover having a face similar to "Emily The Strange" is shown in Kaitlyn's room.
 * Officer Rebecca McKenzie, a character from the Most Wanted series, makes a cameo appearance in this book, seemingly recovered from her injury at the end of Most Wanted, Book 1.
 * Limetown Studios designed all of the book covers of The Freshman series.
 * More specifically, the Limetown Studios artists that worked on the book covers are named Gus Lima (drawing), Amanda Duarte and Daniel Bogni (painting).
 * Between September 11-September 12, 2018, all of The Freshman books, including the specials received a redesign in the thumbnails of their book covers.
 * In Chapter 4, in the scene where Your Character and her friends sing "New York, New York" together, some images from other series and characters can be seen in the background:
 * The book cover of The Crown & The Flame, Book 3 as a large film poster
 * Next to the poster, one half of the cover of Endless Summer, Book 1 with Jake, Quinn and the Fox
 * On the upper left side of the background, an image of Ryan Summers
 * In chapter 1, Zack makes a reference to the 2004 classic Mean Girls when he says, "Get in losers! We're going road tripping!".