Late Summer Monarch

Some small town secrets need to be told . . . Stealing the family car is not 14-year-old Darby Fletcher's brightest idea-even if helping best friend Keaton is the motive. When the plan backfires, Darby's life collides with Crazy Rainey Shaw and her sidekick, a parrot named Hallelujah. The sentence: community service hours helping the heiress transform the old Shaw mansion into a bed & breakfast. During renovation, Darby discovers an unpopular classmate hiding in the attic. Confronted with feelings she'd rather ignore, Darby is torn between Keaton's quest for popularity and helping Peyton-loner, thief, and outcast. Like Crazy Rainey's stories of the late summer monarch, Peyton cannot soar without finding shelter. Will Darby befriend Peyton despite the cost?