When twelve-year-old
Candice moves with her mother to Lambert, South Carolina for the summer she
doesn’t know what the summer will bring. Her parents have been divorced for
half a year, and now she’s spending the summer in a house her grandmother used to own. Her grandmother passed away a couple years ago and hadn’t really
ever lived in the house, but she still had history in Lambert. Candice didn’t
know anything about what happened to her grandmother in Lambert, but her mother
fills her in on the trouble that went down when her grandma tried to find a
buried treasure she was sure was underneath a tennis court. When nothing
was found, her grandma left town, but people weren’t happy with the money that
had been used to find a treasure that didn’t exist. Looking for a box of books
Candice explores the attic and finds a letter addressed to her grandmother. She
isn’t sure she should open it, but curiosity gets the better of her. What she
reads in the letter makes her even more curious about the scandal her
grandmother had been involved in. Could there be a buried treasure somewhere in
Lambert? Candice thinks there's a chance! She fills in Brandon, the boy from
across the street, and they start to do some detective work. One clue leads to
the next, and the two new friends are hoping they'll discover something
exciting that has been overlooked for all these years. Does a treasure exist?
Is it possible for Brandon and Candice to follow clues to find the treasure or
are they going on a wild goose chase? You'll have to read this mystery to
find out what they learn in the end!
The Parker Inheritance is the first book I have read by
Varian Johnson. What a treat! Right from Candice finding the letter in the
attic I was hooked. Was there a treasure? I wanted to know. It was so much fun
tagging along with Candice and Brandon as they pieced together the clues and dug
into the history of the town. I love how history and mystery were woven
together in a way that makes you want to dig into your own history to see what
you'll discover. I loved that the main characters both had a passion for reading
and talked books with each other, like I do with my best friend. I could also
relate to Candice and her adjustment to her parent’s divorce. I would recommend
this book to anyone in 4th grade or up who likes to solve mysteries and is up
for an adventure. I look forward to reading more books by this author in the
future.
Has
anyone else read The Parker Inheritance?
Or have you read another book by Varian Johnson? We’d love to hear your
thoughts!
Happy
Reading!
~L
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