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Nancy is abducted by terrorists when she poses as a government courier to deliver a document vital to top-secret negotiations with a country on the brink of revolution.Tags
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I breezed through this seventh YA mystery in the Nancy Drew Files series from the '80s.
The main reason for my breezing was that I found the parts in between the action scenes to be only mildly interesting. As for the series' old-fashioned style, it seems this story doesn't have as many exclamation points as those before it—especially noticeable at even the cliffhangers that end the chapters with unceremonious statements rather than exclamations(!).
On another note, though I understand taking deceptive measures in life-and-death situations, I imagine that a YA detective story written for thrills and entertainment today would find measures for Nancy to take other than spreading a lot of bronzer all over her skin to make her look more show more like a certain Latina character.
It seemed for a minute like this mystery would wrap up with only a fairly mild climax to speak of. So I was pleased to see the stakes shoot up again at the eleventh hour. On to Book Eight, likely sooner than later. show less
The main reason for my breezing was that I found the parts in between the action scenes to be only mildly interesting. As for the series' old-fashioned style, it seems this story doesn't have as many exclamation points as those before it—especially noticeable at even the cliffhangers that end the chapters with unceremonious statements rather than exclamations(!).
On another note, though I understand taking deceptive measures in life-and-death situations, I imagine that a YA detective story written for thrills and entertainment today would find measures for Nancy to take other than spreading a lot of bronzer all over her skin to make her look more show more like a certain Latina character.
It seemed for a minute like this mystery would wrap up with only a fairly mild climax to speak of. So I was pleased to see the stakes shoot up again at the eleventh hour. On to Book Eight, likely sooner than later. show less
I read this book as part of the "YA of the 80's & 90's challenge".
A short book, pleasantly Nancy Drew-like. No real surprises or thrills, but it's just such a classic Nancy Drew tale. She gets herself into situations that anyone else would avoid, and solves the case in the end. A quick, not terribly compelling read.
A short book, pleasantly Nancy Drew-like. No real surprises or thrills, but it's just such a classic Nancy Drew tale. She gets herself into situations that anyone else would avoid, and solves the case in the end. A quick, not terribly compelling read.
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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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Nancy Drew (Case Files — Files 7)
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- Deadly Doubles
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- Fiction and Literature, Teen, Young Adult
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- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
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- PZ7 .K23 .D — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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