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The Parker inheritance / Varian Johnson.
Van Pelt - Notable Juvenile Books PZ7.J63844 Par 2018
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Varian, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American girls--Juvenile fiction.
- African American girls.
- Treasure troves--Juvenile fiction.
- Treasure troves.
- Grandmothers--Juvenile fiction.
- Grandmothers.
- Mothers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
- Friendship.
- Detective and mystery stories.
- South Carolina--Juvenile fiction.
- South Carolina.
- Mystery and detective stories.
- African Americans--Fiction.
- Buried treasure--Fiction.
- Grandmothers--Fiction.
- Mothers and daughters--Fiction.
- Friendship--Fiction.
- South Carolina--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Young adult fiction.
- Detective and mystery stories.
- Mystery fiction.
- Young adult works.
- Detective and mystery fiction.
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Physical Description:
- 331 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2018.
- Language Note:
- Text in English.
- Summary:
- 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 African American 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. So with the help of Brandon Jones, the quiet boy across the street, she begins to decipher the clues in the letter. The challenge will lead them deep into Lambert's history - full of ugly deeds, forgotten heroes, and one great love - and deeper into their own families, with their own unspoken secrets. Can they find the fortune and fulfill the letter's promise before the answers slip into the past yet again? -- From dust jacket.
- Twelve-year-old Candice Miller is spending the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, in the old house that belonged to her grandmother, who died after being dismissed as city manager for having the city tennis courts dug up looking for buried treasure--but when she finds the letter that sent her grandmother on the treasure hunt, she finds herself caught up in the mystery and, with the help of her new friend and fellow book-worm, Brandon, she sets out to find the inheritance, exonerate her grandmother, and expose an injustice once committed against an African American family in Lambert.
- Notes:
- A Junior Library Guild selection.
- ALSC Notable Children's Book, 2019
- Boston Globe-Horn Book Fiction and Poetry Honor Book, 2018
- Chicago Public Library Best Fiction for Older Readers, 2018
- CSMCL Best Books, 2018
- Horn Book Fanfare List, 2018
- Jean Flynn Award for Best Middle Grade Book, 2018
- Kirkus Prize Nominee for Young Readers' Literature, 2018
- New York Public Library Best Books for Kids, 2018
- New York Public Library Best Books for Kids: Top Ten, 2018
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2019
- NPR Best Books, 2018
- Publisher's Weekly Best Middle Grade Book, 2018
- School Library Journal's Best Books, 2018
- Coretta Scott King Book Awards - Author, Honor, 2019
- Other Format:
- Online version: Johnson, Varian. Parker inheritance.
- ISBN:
- 9780545946179
- 0545946174
- 9780545952781
- 0545952786
- 9781338277197
- 1338277197
- 9781407192796
- 1407192795
- OCLC:
- 989968714
- Publisher Number:
- 99979016147
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