A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro

Reluctant rugby star Jamie Watson struggles to be a good friend and keep her out of trouble but has issues of his own, from a rage problem to an estranged father. Brilliant, troubled Charlotte Holmes has been solving high-profile mysteries since childhood - and dabbling in hard drugs just as long.

Watson in a lurid boarding-school mystery set in Connecticut, with plenty of drugs, alcohol, gambling, and violence, including rape and murder. Parents need to know that A Study in Charlotte, the first installment in a planned trilogy, features the 16-year-old descendants of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Teenage students get drunk and gamble at regular poker parties.ĭid you know you can flag iffy content? Adjust limits for Drinking, Drugs & Smoking in your kid's entertainment guide. As story progresses, she switches to cigarettes to placate Jamie. She talks about having done Ox圜ontin as well as cocaine, morphine, other drugs, and sometimes appears to be in a drugged state. Adults are a mixed bag, from Jamie's flawed-but-trying dad to Charlotte's brother, who can apparently disappear people at will, and school personnel who may not be quite what they appear.Ĭharlotte shares her family's weakness for hard drugs, and Jamie follows his own family tradition: trying to keep Charlotte away from harmful substances. Charlotte's roommate, Lena, is part rich dunce, part quick-thinking BFF. Both teens are clever, creative problem-solvers. But, while it's strongly suggested that she leads Jamie around by the nose more than he realizes, his friendship - the first she's experienced - shows her that there might be other options. Charlotte, born to a famously brilliant, dysfunctional dynasty, is bitter, fierce, drug-addled as story begins. Like generations of his family, he suffers from a rage disorder but tries not to let it run his life. Jamie, narrator for much of story, is a good guy who tries to do right even in difficult circumstances (e.g., he's not thrilled about forced reunion with his estranged father but doesn't think it's right to take it out on his small stepbrothers - they're just little kids).

A Study in Charlotte by Brittany Cavallaro