The Parker Inheritance

BOOK DESCRIPTION

The letter waits in a book, in a box, in an attic, in an old house in Lambert, South Carolina. It’s waiting for Candice Miller. When Candice finds the letter, she isn’t sure she should read it – it’s addressed to her grandmother, after all, who left Lambert in a cloud of shame.

But the letter describes a young woman named Siobhan Washington, an injustice that happened decades ago, a mystery enfolding the letter-writer, and the fortune that awaits the person who solves the puzzle. Grandma tried and failed, but now Candice has another chance.

With the help of Brandon Jones, the quiet boy across the street, she begins to decipher the clues, a challenge that will lead them deep into Lambert’s history, full of ugly deeds, forgotten heroes, and one great love. A dazzling, emotional middle-grade mystery in the tradition of The Westing Game.