Treasure on Superstition Mountain
Still hoping to find the Lost Dutchman’s Mine, brothers Henry, Simon, and Jack rejoin their friend Delilah in researching local history and visiting a ghost town. Though encumbered by the cast on her broken leg (a grim reminder of their first search for the treasure), Delilah insists on accompanying the boys up the mountain again. The story’s pace seems somewhat leisurely, but the kids land in several dangerous situations, and the sense of foreboding is palpable at times. Book two in the Superstition Mountain series offers an old-fashioned adventure story, complete with a treasure map and, strangely enough, a menacing librarian. Grades 3-6. --Carolyn Phelan