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For now, let this title stand for all the dozens of Nancy Drew books I devoured when I was 11 years old and feeling lost and alone. I adored these books and read a book a day for weeks from the Public Library in Harvard, Nebraska during the summer of 1960. (

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MerryMary | Aug 6, 2009 |

nancy uses the clue in an old jewel box belonging to a former queen to locate her lost grandson (

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bronwyn52 | May 22, 2009 |

Nancy Drew has two mysteries on her hands- who has been doing all the local pickpocketing and is the man she has discovered really the grandson of a queen? Once again Nancy's luck and careful observation lead her to discover the answer to both mysteries and how the two are related. (

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The Clue in the Jewel Box

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"No, a silver pen isn't exactly what I'm looking for," Nancy Drew explained to the jewelry salesman in the department store.

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In celebration of the 75th anniversary of the first appearance of Nancy Drew, Applewood Books is pleased to release the 20th volume in its reproductions of the Original Nancy Drew-Just as You Remember Her. The Clue in the Jewel Box was ghostwritten by Mildred Wirt. It was first issued in January 1943. Its nostalgic dust jacket art and frontispiece were illustrated by Russell Tandy. In The Clue in the Jewel Box Nancy and her friends help Queen Madame Alexandra search for her missing grandson. With only an old photograph of the prince at four years of age, Nancy begins her search. She discovers a secret in a jewel box that helps reunite the royal family.

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