This layered and compelling cozy mystery is all about found family, first love, and one town's tragedies, perfect for fans of Melina Marchetta, Kristin Dwyer, and Nina LaCour.
Brodie McKellon didn't leave town in handcuffs; not exactly. But all the same, in only one night, she lost her best friends and her home. And that same night, the town of Warwick lost the Adder Stone, a supposedly magical ring of local legend.
The events, Brodie maintains, were not related.
Four years later, Brodie's returned to Warwick to identify the real thief and get back everything she lost. She can clear her name, win back her friends Elliott and Levi, and save Gran's house from the bank.
But as Brodie starts investigating, she gets pulled into a different mystery, of three friends and their "dead letters"-mail that's been lost over the years. And soon she finds that there are times when the things you find aren't the things you even knew you had lost. A house becomes a home. Some friends become family. And other friends, well, they might become something more. As long as Brodie can be brave enough to find herself.
| ISBN: | 9780063340367 |
| Publication date: | 12th September 2024 |
| Author: | Lauren Draper |
| Publisher: | HarperTeen an imprint of HarperCollins |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 416 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women Children’s / Teenage fiction: Crime and mystery fiction Children’s / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: First / new experiences and growing up / coming of age |