The Parker Inheritance
Category: ReviewAuthor: Varian JohnsonGenres: African American, LGBTQ+, Mystery, Realistic FictionThe 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. 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 summer ends?Candice, a twelve-year-old girl who was living in Atlanta has to temporarily move back to her grandma’s old house in a rural town along with her mom, she comes across a letter that was left to her. The letter opens the mystery her grandma tried, unsuccessfully, to solve. Helping with the mystery is the eleven-year-old boy who lives across the street. The mystery has never been solved, but if the two young kids can do it, it will help the small town, Read more