The Best Worst Summer

From the acclaimed author of The Great Shelby Holmes comes a new middle grade story about two summers-three decades apart-and the box of secrets linking them together. This is going to be the worst summer ever for Peyton. Her family just moved,and she had to leave her best friend behind. She’s lonely. She’s bored. Until . . . she comes across a box buried in her backyardwith a message: I’m so sorry. Please forgive me. Things are about to get interesting. Back in 1989it’s going to be the best summer ever for Melissa and Jessica. They have two whole months to goof around and exploreand they’re even going to bury a time capsule! But when one girl’s family secret starts to unravelit’s clear things may not go exactly as planned. In alternating chaptersfrom Peyton in present day to Melissa three decades earlier (a time with no cell phonesno social mediaand camera film that took days to developbut also a whole lot of freedom)beloved author Elizabeth Eulberg tells the story of a mystery that two sets of memorable characters will never forget.