The Inheritance Games Jennifer Lynn Barnes Freeform/Disney 2020 376 pages Grades 7-Up Mystery The Inheritance Games Trilogy #1 High School student, Avery, does not have it easy. Her mother is dead, Dad is a deadbeat, and her half-sister means well, but has a dysfunctional boyfriend. Out of the blue she is summoned to Texas because a billionaire has made her a beneficiary in his will. Tobias Hawthorne has not just left her some money--he left her ALL of his money and property, displacing two daughters and four grandsons. Why would a man she never met or have no apparent connection to leave her his fortune and disinherit his blood kin? Needless to say, the family is not happy, yet she must coexist with them in a huge mansion filled with secret passageways and unknown rooms. Avery gets to know all four of the Hawthorne boys, becoming tentative friends with Jamison, who is her age. They discover that Tobias, who loved a good brain teaser, left them one final puzzle to solve and it is hard to resist. As Avery solves the clues, more questions pop-up, especially concerning Jamison's dead ex-girlfriend. Who can Avery trust in a house of hostility? The stakes get even higher as Avery is shot at and it looks as if those nearest to her may have a hand in the attack.
The Inheritance Games
The Inheritance Games Jennifer Lynn Barnes Freeform/Disney 2020 376 pages Grades 7-Up Mystery The Inheritance Games Trilogy #1 High School student, Avery, does not have it easy. Her mother is dead, Dad is a deadbeat, and her half-sister means well, but has a dysfunctional boyfriend. Out of the blue she is summoned to Texas because a billionaire has made her a beneficiary in his will. Tobias Hawthorne has not just left her some money--he left her ALL of his money and property, displacing two daughters and four grandsons. Why would a man she never met or have no apparent connection to leave her his fortune and disinherit his blood kin? Needless to say, the family is not happy, yet she must coexist with them in a huge mansion filled with secret passageways and unknown rooms. Avery gets to know all four of the Hawthorne boys, becoming tentative friends with Jamison, who is her age. They discover that Tobias, who loved a good brain teaser, left them one final puzzle to solve and it is hard to resist. As Avery solves the clues, more questions pop-up, especially concerning Jamison's dead ex-girlfriend. Who can Avery trust in a house of hostility? The stakes get even higher as Avery is shot at and it looks as if those nearest to her may have a hand in the attack.