Awards and Honors2019 North Carolina Children's Book Award Final Nominee
2019 Coretta Scott King Award Honor, Author
2019 ALSC YALSA Odyssey Award Honor, Audiobook CCBC Choices 2019 Choice: Fiction for Children
ALSC Notable Children's Books - 2019
CSMCL Best Books - 2018
2018 Cybils Award Winner, Middle Grade Fiction
2018 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor, Fiction and Poetry Booklist 2018 Top 10 Crime Fiction for Youth Publishers Weekly Best Books - 2018
NYPL Best Books for Kids - 2018
NPR’s Book Concierge - 2018 School Library Journal Best Books - 2018 Horn Book Fanfare - 2018
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. Author’s note.
Topics Historical fiction. Twentieth-century US history. Mystery and detective stories. Friendship. South Carolina. African Americans. African American girls. Racially mixed people. LGBTQ. Buried treasure. Treasure troves. Grandmothers. Mothers and daughters.
Lexile 610L
Trim Size 6 1/4" x 9 1/2"
JLG Span Spring
Language English
Publication date 2018-03-31
JLG Release Date May 2018
Minimum grade 6
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Advanced Readers (Grades 6-8)
Advanced Readers
Advanced Readers (Grades 6-8)
For Grades 6-8
Your pre-teen and teen readers won't be able to get enough of these selections. The 12 books here are a bit longer than our B category titles, with more challenging storylines and a wealth of thought-provoking nonfiction.