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Nancy Drew comes to the aid of the owners of a local dancing school when they receive an anonymous note threatening their lives.Tags
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Nothing crazy, good story. I always loved ballet-based books as a child, so I was excited to reread them. The cultural shift of people being horrified that Nancy was in the street in dance clothing, versus now, when people walk around half naked without a blink.
Very similar to the old version, nothing too special. Really found it funny Nancy kept smelling kerosene and did absolutely nothing about it.
I absolutely loved Nancy Drew growing up. This was a series I latched on to for dear life and never let go. Anytime my mom and I would go to antique stores, we'd peruse the Nancy Drews and add them to the collection (oftentimes my mom had to make deals with me on how many I could buy). So, while I don't remember the exact details of each and every one, the entire series was amazing and really fed my love for reading (especially novels full of suspense and mystery). Thank you, Carolyn Keene, for giving us an intelligent female character to fall in love with in Nancy Drew!
Bess, one of Nancy's friend has a job as a dancing teacher at a local ballet school... Only to find out that it was opened by Henrie and Helene Fontaine, two young and very talented dancers. They were also escapers of the underground revolution in France, they're in real trouble. Nancy saves the day! Or not? As Nancy starts finding the truth, troubling twigs snap into her way... If only Nancy knew who was right and who was wrong...
Nancy meets the Fontaines, refugees from the fictional country of Centrovia, who run a dance school in River Heights. The Fontaines receive threats from a mysterious assailant, and Nancy offers to help, but then the Fontaines disappear. Nancy begins her search for them and becomes involved in a mystery involving a pair of scarlet dance slippers, a painting, and missing jewels. There are many people pretending to be friends of the Fontaines, but Nancy does not know if they are lying.
5 Stars
My First Nancy Drew Book
My First Nancy Drew Book
"Kitty tittade på kvinnan som kom smygande över den heltäckande mattan. Först fattade hon inte vad det var frågan om. Men plötsligt kände hon igen henne och skrek till. Då kastade kvinnan sig fram och ryckte till sig de röda balettskorna från väggen.
- Låt bli dom, ropade Kitty och rusade fram.
Men kvinnan tryckte skorna intill sig och försvann ut i farstun. Kitty tog upp jakten!"
- Låt bli dom, ropade Kitty och rusade fram.
Men kvinnan tryckte skorna intill sig och försvann ut i farstun. Kitty tog upp jakten!"
Feb 17, 2021Swedish
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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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- Canonical title
- The Scarlet Slipper Mystery
- Original publication date
- 1954; 1974 (revised) (revised)
- People/Characters
- Nancy Drew
- First words
- "We will crash! Oh - oh!"
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"And it should be titled," Ned said, smiling at Nancy, " 'America's Loveliest Sleuth'."
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