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The Parker inheritance

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 grandm...

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Main Author: Johnson, Varian (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2018.
Edition:First edition.
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African American girls > Juvenile fiction.
Treasure troves > Juvenile fiction.
Grandmothers > Juvenile fiction.
Mothers and daughters > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
South Carolina > Juvenile fiction.
Mystery fiction > Juvenile.
Detective and mystery fiction > Juvenile.
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Candice brought the book to her nose--it somehow still carried that wonderful new-book smell. She cracked it open, and a piece of paper fell out and floated to the ground. Candice picked it up, thinking it was just a random sheet that had been used as a bookmark long ago. Then she saw a small note written on the back of the paper. Find the path. Solve the puzzle. It was her grandmotherâe(tm)s handwriting--swirling loops in dark blue ink. Candice unfolded the paper and hesitated. The letter was addressed to her grandmother; it seemed intrusive to read it. She almost placed it back between the pages of the book. Almost. But she was a reader. Readers read. And so, Candice read the letter. Excerpted from The Parker Inheritance by Varian Johnson All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.

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