Something a little different for young Nancy Drew fans.
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I purchased this for my grandaughter who is collecting the entire Nancy Drew series. This item is something a bit different to add to her collection.  She was thrilled with the gift.
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My pre-teen and young teen nieces enjoyed the ghost story, the others, not so much. That may be because they were stopping a lot so I could translate the British phrases for them, so these stories might be enjoyed by slightly older teens.
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NANCY DREW AND THE CLUE CREW is a graphic novel series from publisher Papercutz turns back the clock and modernizes Nancy Drew and her friends by setting them in a modern setting as elementary school students. The illustrations are drawn in a style similar to comics such as "Archie." In this story, NANCY DREW AND THE CLUE CREW #3: ENTER THE DRAGON MYSTERY, Nancy, Beth, and George are supposed to be able to take one of the class pets home for the weekend. When they get to class, there's a new animal there, a bearded dragon. However, there's nothing to indicate where the bearded dragon came from, how to take care of him, or why he's there. Mrs. Ramirez agrees to let the girls take the animal home with them for the weekend and they promise to figure out exactly where the creature came from. I read many of the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew stories as a kid. I understand why some elements of the stories might be needed to be updated, but I didn't think it was necessary to set revamp the whole tone of the series. With that said, of the first three graphic novels published in this line of NANCY DREW AND THE CLUE CREW, ENTER THE DRAGON MYSTERY is the best story so far. Perhaps the stories in the series will improve as the series moves on.
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A Kids Review
This book is about a slueth whose name is Nancy Drew. She needs to solve a mystery about a missing will. She meets new people along the way while she's solving the mystery. This book is recommended for people who LOVE a good suspense! It is also recommended for ages 8 and up.
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These books are not really the choose by our towns adventure books like I remember from my childhood. Those had dozens of possible paths, and I could spend all day immersed in one.
If you have a daughter or granddaughter who loves American Girl (we have one who is crazy for Caroline), then this book will probably be a hit. It is mildly educational, and encourages reading.
I'm not sold on this new series, but its been a hit with the target audience!
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A 3 in 1 book. 3 Nancy Drew mysteries in this book. A great way for a young reader to get introduced to the Nancy Drew legacy.
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I wouldn't go so far as to call it a detective novel.  More like a Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys.  Other than the supernatural part,  it was a good story that could be true.

The insider view of an older amusement park was interesting.  I think most young men have the older woman fantasy which was pretty cool.

I also liked the ending.  Most of Mr. Kings books don't seem to really end but this one does and if it doesn't warm your heart just a little, I think a piece of you may be missing.

Not a challenging read but in my opinion, very enjoyable and easy to follow.
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Not my favorite Nancy Drew game.  I really didn't like switching back and forth between Nancy and George and the ending...well I won't ruin it but I didn't like that it was so hard to find the "treasure".
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Great story line for readers who loved Nancy Drew as a young person.  It moves quickly and is a fun light read!
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I remember these books from my childhood, and now my daughter loves reading them, too!  These are the classic Nancy Drew books with re-done covers to make them more appealing to a modern young audience.  These classic stories still draw young minds in with mysteries that keep them thinking.
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Melanie Rehak has written a very nice dual biography of Mildred Wirt Benson, the original ghostwriter of Nancy Drew, and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams, the daughter of the creator of the Stratemeyer Syndicate who took over running it after his death and eventually began writing Nancy Drew herself rather than just creating the outlines for the ghostwriter.  It is somewhat pointless to discuss who the true Nancy Drew (or more properly, the true Carolyn Keene) because it obviously took a combination of factors to shape the world's most famous and beloved girl sleuth and the author of Girl Sleuth is adept at demonstrating this.  The book is, at first, slow and feels puffed out a little in the beginning before the actual creation of Nancy Drew but when the star takes the stage the narrative speeds along through the changing decades.  It is not the most excitingly written of books, but the story is a truly a fascinating one, even for more of a self-professed Hardy Boys fan such as myself,but it is clearly and intelligently written.
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This game was not nearly as good in graphics, or plot, so if you have played only this one, all the other Nancy drew games are WAY better and please don;t think that all the rest are like this. I don't mean this review in any offense to HER (herinteractive) but this was their first game and they improved alot even between even the 1st two games.
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My granddaughter loves to read and is now a Nancy Drew fan! She read all these all in less than a week and is asking for more!
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This is like a growing up Nancy Drew. Plot just deep enough to be enjoyable.  I would certainly recommend for any age looking for light entertainment.
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Title: The Spider Sapphire Mystery
By: Carolyn Keene
Reviewed by: B.Beard
Period 1
In this book Nancy goes on another wild journey.  This book was really fun and it keeps you on the end of your chair.  In the book Nancy tries to find out a mystery about a spider sapphire , and at the same time she is taking a trip to Africa and trying to find a firend's brother.  The reason that I liked this book was because it has many descriptive words, and it gave lots of detail about how each person felt about a topic.  Some reasons that I dislike this book was because in the story there were some misspelled words and the student on the trip that caused a lot of interruptions.  While Nancy, her friends and students from her school were on the plane a girl name Gwen was told to sit down.  She said "If I'm going to get killed I want to be standing up, not sitting down."  Then the captain of the plane asked her to take her seat and she said "I'm going to have my father sue this airline!" Again and again she was told to take her seat, but she never did, until the airplane almost crashed!
My two favorite parts of the book was when Nancy found out wher Ned was and saved him, and when Nancy got to me a girl named Lilia Bulawaya. She was a great singer and friend. Lilia had asked Nancy to find her brother in Africa. Nancy agreed that she would try. Nancy gave another great mystery away. Well who knows maybe one day I might just turn out to be another Nancy Drew!
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It didn't grab me but I kept going. It was like a Nancy Drew mystery. I loved Nancy Drew as a kid, but I expected  more from this. It got better enough in the second half so I finished it. I admired the main character at the end, but I don't think I will go for Book 2.
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The first Sammy Keyes books, ("Hotel Thief", "Sisters of Mercy"), are interesting enough, but are juvenile mysteries. But, as the series has progressed Sammy has actually grown up in a realistic way, and the books have become more complex, life has become more complicated, and Sammy has become more interesting to the tween reader. This actually seems like a series that will just grow up along with the reader. (Sort of the Harry Potter effect.)
  Indeed, the mysteries themselves are less and less engaging and have become almost secondary to the more engaging issues surrounding Sammy and her mother, her friends, her school, and her growing interest in boys. And, Sammy has more insight into herself and her surroundings and is just getting more interesting. She is not a static charcter, (like, say, Nancy Drew). This also suggests, contrary to what the editorial reviews note, that this is probably a series best read in order. It could be disconcerting to bounce around, out of order, from younger Sammy to older Sammy.
  It's also nice to have a more urban, more gritty, feel to Sammy's environment, as opposed to the sort-of sleepy Pleasantvilles that so many other characters live in.
  So, seems well worth a look for a more adventurous tween reader.