This awesome book is about a girl who has to deal with a trail, a boy, her family, and the deaths of loved ones. The girl, Zinny (nickname for Zinnia), was four years old when she saw her cousin Rose die. Rose was born on the same year and month that Zinny was born on, so she died when she was four. Zinny blamed herself because she had the whooping cough and Rose got the whooping cough from Zinny and she died. Zinny’s parents had seven children and sometimes would have to ask what their names were. One day Zinny’s Aunt Jessie died. Once again Zinny thought it was her fault because she showed Aunt Jessie a snake. Aunt Jessie hates snakes and must have been very frightened. Uncle Nate starts acting weird when Aunt Jessie dies. Zinny was very close to Aunt Jessie and her Uncle Nate. One day Zinny finds a boy that used to go to her church, Jake Boone. She finds him at the store he moved away, but moved back. Jake used to be skinny and little, but know he was bigger. Jake starts giving Zinny presents. Zinny knows that something is wrong. First usually boys use Zinny to get May, her sister. Second once Jake gives a puppy to Zinny and Zinny finds out it was stolen! One day Zinny finds a trail and it is covered in weeds. She finds a map of the trail in the museum and finds it is twenty miles long. Zinny feels that she has to uncover the trail or something horrible would happen. When uncovering the trail she finds a medallion with the letters TNWM she feels she has seen it before, but can’t remember if she has. What does TNWM mean? Does Jake really like her? Did he steal the puppy? What will the trail lead her to? Did Aunt Jessie die from the snake? I think this book is a little more for girls than boys. There is so much I want to tell you, but I’m going to let you read the book instead. Hope you read it!

Blogged by: Carly L.