Avery also learns about a girl named Emily, who came between Grayson and Jameson, causing strife between the brothers.

Avery learns that it’s after Toby’s disappearance that Tobias disinherited his family. Since his body was never found, it’s unclear whether Toby is dead. First, there is Tobias’s son and the uncle to the Hawthorne grandsons, Toby, who disappeared in a fire 20 years prior. Throughout her interactions with the brothers, Avery develops a romantic interest in two of them (Grayson and Jameson), which serves as a subplot.Īs Avery makes progress in her sleuthing, she learns more about the Hawthorne family, which includes various tragedies in its past. The primary plotline follows Avery’s attempts to solve the book’s big riddle: Why did Tobias Hawthorne, a man Avery didn’t know, leave his estate to her instead of his family? The deceased man left various clues behind in the form of notes and objects, and Avery follows the trial of clues, often with the help of the Hawthorne brothers. The will stipulates that, to inherit, Avery must move into Hawthorne House and live there for a full year. The family is irate when the will is read and they learn that Avery is the chief beneficiary of Tobias’s billion-dollar estate. The Hawthorne family is there, including the four attractive and charming Hawthorne grandsons: Nash Westbrook Hawthorne, Grayson Davenport Hawthorne, Jameson Winchester Hawthorne, and Alexander Blackwood Hawthorne (“Xander”). She and Libby fly to Texas for the reading of the will. Her own history of poverty makes her sympathetic to Harry, who she buys meals for.Īvery is shocked to learn that she’s been named in the will of Texas billionaire and philanthropist Tobias Hawthorne. She regularly plays chess in the park with a homeless man named Harry. Avery is smart and ambitious, with a knack for games like chess and a talent for numbers. Avery waitresses after school to help make ends meet. Avery’s mother is dead and her father is absent, so she lives with her half-sister Libby. The Inheritance Games is told from the point of view of Avery Kylie Grambs, a junior in high school living in New Castle, Connecticut. The edition of the book used for this study guide is from Penguin Books UK, London, published in 2020. The book was also nominated in the Best Young Adult Mystery category of the Edgar Awards. The Inheritance Games was a New York Times best seller and an Amazon Top 100 Book of 2020. The Inheritance Games is the first book in a series. Jennifer Lynn Barnes is the author of several young adult novels.

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