by Dinesh Thiru
First published 2026
Jayshree Devi knows exactly what to expect at her family's annual reunion. Her cousins will ignore her. Her aunts will play matchmaker. Her uncles will argue. But when her grandmother suffers what appears to be an accident at their lavish manor gathering, everything changes. Grand Mom falls into a coma, leaving the family fortune in limbo and everyone on edge. Jay soon realizes the accident might have been deliberate. Someone tried to kill her grandmother. With help from her overly cheerful cousins and a friend who distracts her more than she'd like to admit, Jay digs into decades of family secrets. The deeper she investigates, the more complicated the mystery becomes. Her family tree holds more secrets than she ever imagined. As Jay searches for the truth about the attack, she discovers something unexpected. The relatives who always seemed so distant might actually have room for her after all.
Genres: fiction, coming-of-age, mystery, contemporary, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, engaging, heartwarming, introspective, suspenseful
Tropes: family-reconciliation, found-family, mystery-investigation, slow-burn-romance
Setting: Manor
384 pages · Hardcover · Atheneum Books for Young Readers