On This Page
Description
The eighteen-year-old girl detective must find a man who has been missing for years in order to locate the other half of a treasure map.Tags
Recommendations
Member Reviews
Book Challenge - read a book you haven't read since you were a child.
I used to love Nancy Drew mysteries, so I chose to revisit this teen sleuth. Nancy, daughter of a lawyer, is an amateur sleuth. She is asked by her new friend, Ellen, to help her decide if she should take a job with Mrs. Chatman. Also, Ellen's dad has a secret-he was a twin and gifted half of a treasure map. His twin brother had the other half, but they were separated years ago and he hasn't been able to locate him.
Mrs. Chatman's home has some secrets of their own, hidden panels and secret passages.
This was a quick read, reminding me of my childhood reading. What struck me most is the risks Nancy took, her great friendships with the group, but also the wealth she enjoyed.
I used to love Nancy Drew mysteries, so I chose to revisit this teen sleuth. Nancy, daughter of a lawyer, is an amateur sleuth. She is asked by her new friend, Ellen, to help her decide if she should take a job with Mrs. Chatman. Also, Ellen's dad has a secret-he was a twin and gifted half of a treasure map. His twin brother had the other half, but they were separated years ago and he hasn't been able to locate him.
Mrs. Chatman's home has some secrets of their own, hidden panels and secret passages.
This was a quick read, reminding me of my childhood reading. What struck me most is the risks Nancy took, her great friendships with the group, but also the wealth she enjoyed.
#19 Prompted by the concerns of a young child, Nancy investigates a small studio on the Chatham estate. She discovers that there is a connection between the mysterious occurrences at Ship Cottage and her search for a treasure island. With only half of a map, Nancy sets out to find the man who possess the rest of the map that will pinpoint the location of buried treasure. Constantly beset by danger and intrigue, Nancy courageously outwits her enemies and solves one of the most challenging cases in her career as a teenage investigator.
What a thriller of a book. This book had me on edge from start to finish. I did not think a Nancy Drew book could be so action packed. I love every word of this book. A great read.
*Duplicate Copy* 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!
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!
fine condition
Members
- Recently Added By
Lists
Lost ::: Mapping Tales for Kids
33 works; 2 members
The Stratemeyer Syndicate
605 works; 1 member
Books Read in 2022
5,164 works; 113 members
Kidnapping -- children's/young adult fiction
598 works; 3 members
Separated twins -- children's/young adult fiction
36 works; 3 members
Nancy Drew Books: Unowned
10 works; 1 member
Books Read in 2015
3,298 works; 129 members
Children's Literature 1900 - 1950 in order
413 works; 8 members
Nancy Drew List
35 works; 1 member
Author Information
925+ Works 201,198 Members
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
Series
Work Relationships
Is contained in
Is an abridged version of
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Quest of the Missing Map
- Original publication date
- 1942; 1969 (revised) (revised); 1997
- People/Characters
- Nancy Drew; Ned Nickerson; George Fayne; Bess Marvin; Trixie Chatham; Tomlin Smith
- Important places
- Ship Cottage
- First words
- Her golden red hair flying in the wind, Nancy Drew ran up the porch steps and opened the front door of her home. (1969)
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)She gave a mock salute and said, "Aye, aye, sir!"
- Disambiguation notice
- The texts of the Nancy Drew books #1-34 were heavily revised beginning in 1959, reducing the length by 5 chapters as well as modernising the story.
This work includes the revised, 1969 version and copies where the ... (show all)version is unknown.
• ISBN 044809519X is the revised text.
• ISBN 1557092656 is the original text facsimile edition and is NOT the same work.
Classifications
Statistics
- Members
- 1,774
- Popularity
- 12,320
- Reviews
- 7
- Rating
- (3.76)
- Languages
- 6 — Danish, English, Finnish, French, Norwegian (Bokmål), Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 18
- ASINs
- 26