Golden

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. Valedictorian and quintessential good girl, shes about to graduate high school without ever having kissed her crush or broken the rules. So when fate drops a clue in her lapone that might be the key to unraveling a town mysteryshe decides to take a chance. Julianna Farnetti and Shane Cruz are remembered as the golden couple of Summit Lakes Highperfect in every way, meant to be together forever. But Juliannas journal tells a different storyone of doubts about Shane and a forbidden romance with an older, artistic guy. These are the secrets that were swept away with her the night that Shanes jeep plunged into an icy river, leaving behind a grieving town and no bodies to bury. Reading Juliannas journal gives Parker the courage to start to really liveand it also gives her reasons to question what really happened the night of the accident. 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. The mystery ends up taking Parker places that she never could have imagined. And she soon finds that taking the road less traveled makes all the difference.