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Category Archives: Teen Sleuths
REVEALED!
Americans, are you familiar with Enid Blyton’s Famous Five series of books? There are 21 of them and I’ve read every one. They are about a group of children who have fantastical adventures while home from boarding school. The Telegraph … Continue reading
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Great Snacks in Literature
Harriet the Spy’s Tomato Sandwich When I was a kid, there were exactly three girl sleuths on American bookshelves. Nancy Drew, with her sweater sets and ladies who lunch, Trixie Belden, with her horse and her “Moms”, and Harriet M. … Continue reading
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Trixie artwork.
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When Sally shows up at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce, she wears a Spring flowery Vera style shift dress and she brings with her Nancy Drew and The Clue of the Black Keys. Published in 1951, the mystery is the 28th in … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Nancy Drew! 80 Years Old, Sweet 16.
I am both proud and ashamed to admit that I have an entire room dedicated to the annals of teen detective fiction. I own and have read not only every Nancy Drew mystery multiple times, but all the other teen … Continue reading
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I’ll Never Have a Kindle, but…….
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A Very Important Literary Challenge.
Are you scholarly enough to read books 56 Nancy Drew mysteries? From The Secret of the Old Clock all the way to The Thirteenth Pearl by December 31st? Then sign up for The Nancy Drew Challenge. I did. I dare … Continue reading
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