(4) 4-6 Family Tree series. The fourth and final volume in Martin's series follows Georgia Noble across the span of several years, as the stories from the previous three generations intersect with her own. The breadth of the story is ambitious but the copiously populated cast and the extent to which adult concerns weigh on Georgia's life may be difficult for young readers to overcome.

Reviewer: Hannah Rodgers Barnaby

(4) 4-6 Family Tree series. In book three of Martin's multigenerational family saga, Francie (Abby's granddaughter and Dana's daughter) faces challenges throughout her childhood, from dyslexia to a frightening attempted abduction (the titular secret) to her parents' divorce to beloved great-aunt Adele's cancer diagnosis. The episodic structure strains under the weight of too much family history and drama, but Martin manages to keep the narrative voice engaging throughout.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano

(2) 4-6 Family Tree series. In this second entry in Martin's multigenerational family saga, the protagonist is Abby's daughter Dana. We follow her life in a series of vignettes, one or two a year, from her charmed Manhattan childhood, to the struggles after her beloved father dies, to her early adulthood. Satisfying symmetry connects the entries, and the whole is highly rewarding as a chronicle of interwoven personal journeys.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2013

(2) 4-6 Family Tree series. In short vignettes, we follow Abby through her childhood in small-town Maine to 1940 when, at eighteen, she leaves home. We start to fill in the strands of the story: a controlling father; a mother prone to depression; the accidental death of a best friend. The approach here is plain, but the story has that addictive quality of the multigenerational family saga.

Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2013

(4) 4-6 Your Family Tree series. Readers looking for a very broad overview of genealogy may find this series useful. Beginning provides an introduction while each of the other titles touches on a genealogical method or investigation practice; DNA is the most complex in terms of procedure. Many stock photos (some awkward place-fillers) and occasional scientific diagrams illustrate the texts. Glos., ind. Review covers these Your Family Tree titles: Beginning Genealogy, Collecting Primary Records, DNA, and Exploring Immigration.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(4) 4-6 Your Family Tree series. Readers looking for a very broad overview of genealogy may find this series useful. Beginning provides an introduction while each of the other titles touches on a genealogical method or investigation practice; DNA is the most complex in terms of procedure. Many stock photos (some awkward place-fillers) and occasional scientific diagrams illustrate the texts. Glos., ind. Review covers these Your Family Tree titles: Beginning Genealogy, Collecting Primary Records, DNA, and Exploring Immigration.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(4) 4-6 Your Family Tree series. Readers looking for a very broad overview of genealogy may find this series useful. Beginning provides an introduction while each of the other titles touches on a genealogical method or investigation practice; DNA is the most complex in terms of procedure. Many stock photos (some awkward place-fillers) and occasional scientific diagrams illustrate the texts. Glos., ind. Review covers these Your Family Tree titles: Beginning Genealogy, Collecting Primary Records, DNA, and Exploring Immigration.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz

(4) 4-6 Your Family Tree series. Readers looking for a very broad overview of genealogy may find this series useful. Beginning provides an introduction while each of the other titles touches on a genealogical method or investigation practice; DNA is the most complex in terms of procedure. Many stock photos (some awkward place-fillers) and occasional scientific diagrams illustrate the texts. Glos., ind. Review covers these Your Family Tree titles: Beginning Genealogy, Collecting Primary Records, DNA, and Exploring Immigration.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz