Candice finds a letter in the attic. It turns out the letter was written by her grandmother. The letter has clues that will lead to a treasure, one that is worth a lot of money. But solving the mystery is not going to be easy especially when many people don’t want the mystery solved. Some of the mystery sections in the book were quite interesting, but there weren’t enough of them . Many of the issues going on in her friend Brandon’s life didn’t really add much to the mystery and ended up slowing it down as did Candice’s parent’s problems. These side stories were a bit unnecessary and took away from the mystery. Recommended for ages 10 and up.

Mary Lehmer, Freeport Community Library, Freeport, ME