The author says the book’s setting was inspired by her hometown Mammoth Lakes, California. It all comes together in a fateful road trip that alters Parker’s life in unexpected ways. At the same time, the mystery gets her closer to her long-time crush, Trevor. The journal becomes an obsession for Parker and her best friend Kat, and leads them on the path to unravel the mystery of Julianna’s death.
In a class project, Parker gets a hold of the journal of one of the deceased teens, Julianna Farnetti, coincidentally. She was accepted into a top university and is in the running for a full scholarship, a scholarship named for two teens that died in mysterious circumstances ten years ago. In Golden, Parker Frost is an over-achiever with a bright academic future ahead. Like I n Honor, Golden is an emotional and satisfying read. Golden is a lovely read about how delving into a town mystery helps a girl find her true path. Kirby’s book covers are so pretty and full of sunshine and have started to signal the arrival of summer for me. I just loved Jessi Kirby’s In Honor, and looked forward to reading her latest book Golden. And she soon finds that taking the road less traveled makes all the difference. The mystery ends up taking Parker places that she never could have imagined. Armed with clues from the past, Parker enlists the help of her best friend, Kat, and Trevor, her longtime crush, to track down some leads. Reading Julianna’s journal gives Parker the courage to start to really live-and it also gives her reasons to question what really happened the night of the accident. These are the secrets that were swept away with her the night that Shane’s jeep plunged into an icy river, leaving behind a grieving town and no bodies to bury. But Julianna’s journal tells a different story-one of doubts about Shane and a forbidden romance with an older, artistic guy.
Julianna Farnetti and Shane Cruz are remembered as the golden couple of Summit Lakes High-perfect in every way, meant to be together forever. So when fate drops a clue in her lap-one that might be the key to unraveling a town mystery-she decides to take a chance.
Valedictorian and quintessential good girl, she’s about to graduate high school without ever having kissed her crush or broken the rules. Love, tragedy, and mystery converge in this compelling novel that Booklist called “rich in its characterizations, deep in its reflections about teenage life, and compelling as a mystery” in a starred review.Seventeen-year-old Parker Frost has never taken the road less traveled. Genres: Adolescence, Love & Romance, New Experience, Social Issues, Young AdultĪlso by this author: In Honor, Things We Know by Heart Published by Simon and Schuster on May 6th 2014
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