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257 pp.
| Dutton |
April, 2003 |
TradeISBN 0-525-46919-2$$17.99
(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.