Twelfth

Written by Janet Key

A theater camp mystery leads Maren on a race against time to find a legendary ring.

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368 pages· 85,147 words· Est. 12 hour read· ~890L

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Bookroo's summary

Twelve-year-old Maren reluctantly joins theater camp, feeling out of place among the artsy crowd. But when a prank spirals into a thrilling mystery, she teams up with her bunkmate Theo to uncover the truth behind a legendary diamond ring linked to the camp's history. As they follow clues tied to Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, they must outsmart rival treasure hunters and save the camp from closing. Can Maren embrace her inner detective and find the ring before it's too late?

From the publisher

Better Nate Than Ever meets The Parker Inheritance in this heartwarming mystery about finding your people and accepting others as they are. Twelve-year-old Maren is sure theater camp isn’t for her. Theater camp is for loud, confident, artsy people: people like her older sister, Hadley–the last person Maren wants to think about–and her cinema-obsessed, nonbinary bunkmate, Theo. But when a prank goes wrong, Maren gets drawn into the hunt for a diamond ring that, legend has it, is linked to the camp’s namesake, Charlotte “Charlie” Goodman, a promising director in Blacklist Era Hollywood. When Maren connects the clues to Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, she and her new friends are off searching through lighting booths, orchestra pits and costume storages, discovering the trail and dodging camp counselors. But they’re not the only ones searching for the ring, and with the growing threat of camp closing forever, they’re almost out of time.

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