The Parker Inheritance

The Parker Inheritance

Paperback
Pages: 368
Date of Release: April 2018

Literary awards : Odyssey Award Nominee (2019), Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Grades 6-8 (2020), Coretta Scott King Book Award Nominee for Author (2019), Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Nominee for Fiction & Poetry (2018), Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2021), Texas Institute of Letters for Best Middle Grade Book (2019)
A gripping, thoughtful mystery from acclaimed author Varian Johnson, The Parker Inheritance is a Boston Globe / Horn Book Honor Book and part of the Scholastic Gold line celebrating award-winning children’s fiction.

When Candice Miller discovers a mysterious letter hidden in an attic in Lambert, South Carolina, she hesitates to open it. The letter is addressed to her grandmother—who fled the town years ago in disgrace—and it speaks of an injustice committed decades earlier, a hidden fortune, and a puzzle waiting to be solved.

Teaming up with Brandon, the quiet boy who just moved in across the street, Candice begins unraveling the clues. Their search takes them deep into Lambert’s past, uncovering buried secrets, forgotten heroes, acts of racism, and a powerful love story that history tried to erase. Along the way, Candice and Brandon must also confront truths about their own families and themselves.

Blending mystery, history, and social justice, The Parker Inheritance is a smart, emotionally rich novel about confronting the past in order to claim the future. With exclusive bonus content in this edition, it’s a must-read for curious, thoughtful readers who love puzzles with real-world meaning.

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