As she considers whether to tell anyone of her discovery, her friend Finch stumbles upon the find and secretly reaches out to a paleontologist, knowing the find could save the McCauleys’ farm from foreclosure. Like her grandmother Bee, Esme has the gift of finding things with the help of a witching stick when she’s compelled to search, she discovers a huge secret buried at the site of Paps’ passing: dinosaur bones. Three months ago, Esme McCauley’s grandfather, Paps, died while riding his tractor on Solace Hill, and ever since she has felt that he’s been trying to tell her something from beyond the grave. Full of friendship and adventure, and featuring a palpable Texas setting, Finding Esme is a moving and heartfelt story about family, friendship, and learning to deal with loss. Esme struggles to understand who has her best interests at heart, especially as the memory of her grandfather begins to slip away. But when word gets out that the farm is hiding something valuable, reporters, researchers, and neighbors arrive in droves. The bones must be a message from her grandfather, a connection from beyond the grave. But when she follows her little brother, Bo, and her dog, Old Jack, up the hill while chasing fireflies, she makes an incredible discovery–dinosaur bones peeking out underneath the abandoned tractor. After her grandfather died from a heart attack while driving his tractor on Solace Hill, twelve-year-old Esme’s been inextricably drawn to the spot, although her grandmother warns her to stay away.
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