The Record Keeper is the first book in the Akasha series from Laura Lance. Matt Pennington is a privileged New York teen with a healthy social life, a wealthy family, and an abundance of sarcasm. When he is sent to his aunt's house in Northern California to work in her antique shop, he assumes his spring break - and social life - is ruined. Through an eccentric stranger, Matt acquires two seemingly innocuous items that, in tandem, allow the user to explore past lives. With it, he will go on an unexpected soul-searching journey that changes his perspective on himself, life, and the virtue of helping others.