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When Nancy's detective notebook disappears--along with three passes to a popular new movie--she and Jason Hutchings compete to find it first.Tags
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Nancy's classmates are thrilled to get special passes to a preview of a franchise movie from their teacher but when the lights go out due to a thunderstorm, Nancy loses her tickets -- and her detective notebook! With some of her classmates suddenly staking claims to be better detectives than her, will she find her notebook before her reputation is ruined? And will she get the premiere tickets back in time?
The law of diminishing returns is definitely in effect here. This was the weakest of these chapter-book versions of Nancy Drew that I read yet. First of all, the whole plot with the movie tickets is ridiculous -- beyond being just an obvious reference to Star Wars, why would a third-grade teacher hand these precious items over to a show more bunch of a small children who will inevitably lose them immediately? The "best detective" plotline is silly and out of nowhere. And the resolution of the mystery is insipid; in fact, the whole mystery can be described as such. This was definitely pretty dull overall, and I think I'm now done with this series. They were fun for a little bit but the novelty has worn off. show less
The law of diminishing returns is definitely in effect here. This was the weakest of these chapter-book versions of Nancy Drew that I read yet. First of all, the whole plot with the movie tickets is ridiculous -- beyond being just an obvious reference to Star Wars, why would a third-grade teacher hand these precious items over to a show more bunch of a small children who will inevitably lose them immediately? The "best detective" plotline is silly and out of nowhere. And the resolution of the mystery is insipid; in fact, the whole mystery can be described as such. This was definitely pretty dull overall, and I think I'm now done with this series. They were fun for a little bit but the novelty has worn off. show less
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Carolyn Keene was the pseudonym that Mildred Wirt Benson and Walter Karig used to write Nancy Drew books. The idea of Nancy Drew came from Edward Stratemeyer in 1929. He also had other series, that included the Hardy Boys, but he died in 1930 before the Nancy Drew series became famous. His daughters, Harriet and Edna, inherited his company and show more maintained Nancy Drew having Mildred Wirt Benson, the original Carolyn Keene, as the principal ghostwriter. During the Depression, they asked Benson to take a pay cut and she refused, which is when Karig wrote the books. Karig's Nancy Drew books were Nancy's Mysterious Letter, The Sign of the Twisted Candles, and Password to Larkspur Lane. He was fired from writing more books because of his refusal to honor the request that he keep his work as Carolyn Keene a secret. He allowed the Library of Congress to learn of his authorship and his name appeared on their catalog cards. Afterwards, they rehired Benson and she wrote until her last Nancy Drew book (#30) was written in 1953, Clue of the Velvet Mask. Harriet and Edna Stratemeyer also contributed to the Nancy Drew series. Edna wrote plot outlines for several of the early books and Harriet, who claimed to be the sole author, had actually outlined and edited nearly all the volumes written by Benson. The Stratemeyer Syndicate had begun to make its writers sign contracts that prohibited them from claiming any credit for their works, but Benson never denied her writing books for the series. After Harriet's death in 1982, Simon and Schuster became the owners of the Stratemeyer Syndicate properties and in 1994, publicly recognized Benson for her work at a Nancy Drew conference at her alma mater, the University of Iowa. Now, Nancy Drew has several ghostwriters and artists that have contributed to her more recent incarnations. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- The Best Detective
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- Nancy Drew
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