The Legend's Granddaughter

Charlie Magyar is big-- too big to fit in to school quietly when his dad gets transferred from New York to Nashville in the middle of February. But things aren't as bad as they seem-- at first. He makes a few friends and he lands himself a spot on the school soccer team. The only bad part of Croft Middle School seems to be Katherine Owens, a stuck-up, rich girl who happens to be the granddaughter of a country music legend. She's managed to cut Charlie down to size before the first day is up, which isn't so bad. All he has to do is stay away from her and life should be cool. In a school of eight hundred or so students, how hard can that be? But that was before she turned up missing. In his first novel, Patrick W. Carr plunges readers into the middle of a criminal mystery, made up of country music legends, angels who bring frightening gifts, and a cast of unlikely heroes-- four middle school kids who must conquer their fears before they can triumph. Carr's tale is filled with warmth and humor and a cast of characters the reader will remember long after the final page is turned. (Ages 10 to 15)


Genre: Children's Fiction