![]() ![]() Candice and Brandon discover the joys and terrors of the reality of being African-American in the 1950s. Johnson’s latest novel holds racism firmly in the light. Each new revelation uncovers a long history of racism and tension in the small town and how one family threatened the black/white status quo. After Candice befriends the shy, bookish African-American kid next door, 11-year-old Brandon Jones, the pair set off investigating the clues. ![]() When she starts rummaging through the attic and stumbles upon a box of her grandmother’s belongings, she discovers an old letter that details a mysterious fortune buried in Lambert and that asks Abigail to find the treasure. Now, without any friends, a computer, cellphone, or her grandmother, Candice suffers immense loneliness and boredom. When her grandmother Abigail passed two years ago, in 2015, Candice and her mother struggled to move on. Six months after her parents’ divorce, Candice and her mother leave Atlanta to spend the summer in Lambert, South Carolina, at her grandmother’s old house. ![]() Summer is off to a terrible start for 12-year old African-American Candice Miller. ![]()
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