Even as one set of letters bring Colin and Nevaeh together, the one Nevaeh found threatens to tear them apart. But that’s not what Nevaeh wants, either. And Nevaeh knows her father, the “Junk King,” expects her to join the rest of the family in blaming a single suspect: his business rival, Colin’s mom. But this one reads like a confession to a crime. Meanwhile, across town, Nevaeh also finds a mysterious letter. But Colin wants to rescue the letters-and find out what really happened to best friends Rosemary and Toby way back in the 1970s. That’s his summer job, getting rid of junk. When Colin finds a shoebox full of letters hidden in a stranger’s attic, he knows he’s supposed to throw them away.

In The Secret Letters, Colin and Nevaeh find vintage letters that lead to interlocking mysteries from the 1970s and ‘80s, and they learn about “women’s lib,” the ERA, and other social issues from that time in history-and the way echoes from that era affect Colin and Nevaeh themselves. In this page-turning middle grade series by New York Times bestseller Margaret Peterson Haddix, Colin and Nevaeh, whose parents own rival junk-removal businesses, uncover mysteries hidden in attics and basements and discover how trash can become treasure.

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