(4) YA World of Dance series. These books trace the history of each dance form and profile key figures, including dancers and choreographers. Ballet also includes capsule summaries of the most famous ballets. The several interspersed archival photographs do little to break up the overly dense text, which is written at a fairly difficult level. Chronology, further reading, videography, websites. Bib., glos., ind. [Review covers these World of Dance titles: Modern Dance and Ballet.]

Reviewer: Norah Piehl

(4) 4-6 Thirteen-year-old Ellsworth is summoned to Smiths Mills, New York, by relatives he has never met. The aunts, uncles, and cousins in the family compound require his help in finding a treasure hidden decades earlier in one of the houses. This unusual mystery, which contains flashbacks to events in the family's history, has a beguiling, magical quality. Despite a family tree, however, it's easy to confuse the many characters.

Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta