The Clue in the Ivy
by Carolyn Keene, Mildred A. Wirt Benson (Ghostwriter)
Dana Girls - First Series (14)
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This might be my second favorite DG book after The Shadow in the Tower (#3). It had everything: true love separated, but later reunited; hidden gold in former (now closed) Webster college; lots of secret passages and hidden panels; Lettie up to no good again; a ghostly haunting in a bell tower/ chapel. Only knock is the story is really drawn out to make it to 211 pages. Other than that, loved this yarn. And the final chapter was a surprise ending to who the ghost of the bell tower really was. I would've never have guessed the culprit!
This is another one of my mom's books from her childhood that we found while clearing out one of my parents' storage buildings. Being on my recent nostalgia trip, figured it was time to give this one a read.
The Dana girls, sisters Louise and Jean, are young detectives like Nancy Drew, and in fact were created by the same publisher under the name of Carolyn Keene. These plucky investigators find themselves involved in the mysterious happenings of the small town of Old Bridge as a supposed ghost terrorizes the locals by ringing the old chapel bell in the night.
Along with this mystery, the girls are entrusted to help a friend's father to save the old college in town from being sold to an outsider. Then there is their regular nemesis, show more bratty Lettie Briggs, who has some interest in the college, the busybody locals led by old lady Weatherspoon, and the curious behavior of one of the local girls. Meanwhile, the girls are also taking flying lessons. How will all this tie together? Read and find out!
Like the Nancy Drew stories, this is an entertaining little mystery meant specifically for young girls. The Dana sisters seem to be a more direct answer to the Hardy Boys stories, with the girls working together to solve the strange case set forth in each book. Nancy relied on her friends and boyfriend, while Louise and Jean seem to rely much more on each other, involving a friend from school or a grownup as needed (just like the Hardy boys).
Definitely a fun, quick read. show less
The Dana girls, sisters Louise and Jean, are young detectives like Nancy Drew, and in fact were created by the same publisher under the name of Carolyn Keene. These plucky investigators find themselves involved in the mysterious happenings of the small town of Old Bridge as a supposed ghost terrorizes the locals by ringing the old chapel bell in the night.
Along with this mystery, the girls are entrusted to help a friend's father to save the old college in town from being sold to an outsider. Then there is their regular nemesis, show more bratty Lettie Briggs, who has some interest in the college, the busybody locals led by old lady Weatherspoon, and the curious behavior of one of the local girls. Meanwhile, the girls are also taking flying lessons. How will all this tie together? Read and find out!
Like the Nancy Drew stories, this is an entertaining little mystery meant specifically for young girls. The Dana sisters seem to be a more direct answer to the Hardy Boys stories, with the girls working together to solve the strange case set forth in each book. Nancy relied on her friends and boyfriend, while Louise and Jean seem to rely much more on each other, involving a friend from school or a grownup as needed (just like the Hardy boys).
Definitely a fun, quick read. show less
"Lou skötte sig fint under sin första flyglektion. Men när det var Marys tur att hålla i spakarna hände plötsligt något. Instrumenten började krångla, flygplanet råkade i spinn och till slut måste flygläraren ta över och nödlanda.
Kunde flygplansfelet ha något att göra med mysteriet i Old Bridge? Det verkade nästan så!"
Kunde flygplansfelet ha något att göra med mysteriet i Old Bridge? Det verkade nästan så!"
Feb 16, 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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- The Clue in the Ivy
- Original title
- The clue in the ivy
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- 1952
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