A Boston Globe / Horn Book Honor winner * Four Starred Reviews * Over
Ten Best-of-Year Lists"Powerful.... Johnson writes about the long
shadows of the past with such ambition that any reader with a taste for
mystery will appreciate the puzzle Candice and Brandon must solve." --
The New York Times Book Review
A Coretta Scott King Author Honor and Boston Globe / Horn Book Honor
winner!"Powerful.... Johnson writes about the long shadows of the
past with such ambition that any reader with a taste for mystery will
appreciate the puzzle Candice and Brandon must solve." -- The New York
Times Book ReviewWhen Candice finds a letter in an old attic in
Lambert, South Carolina, she isn't sure she should read it. It's
addressed to her grandmother, who left the town in shame. But the letter
describes a young woman. An injustice that happened decades ago. A
mystery enfolding its writer. And the fortune that awaits the person who
solves the puzzle.So with the help of Brandon, the quiet boy across the
street, she begins to decipher the clues. 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 answers slip into the past yet again?Featuring
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