num_pages: 331
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. 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?
language: English
title: The Parker Inheritance
publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books