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Read, read, read. That's all I can say.
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Carolyn Keene (The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #1))
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Drunk, Jane spoke as though she were Nancy Drew. I was a fool for a girl with a dainty lexicon.
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Michael Chabon (The Mysteries of Pittsburgh)
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I am suddenly comsumed by nostalgia for the little girl who was me, who loved the fields and believed in God, who spent winter days home sick from school reading Nancy Drew and sucking menthol cough drops, who could keep a secret.
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Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler's Wife)
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Why had my life suddenly become a Nancy Drew mystery from hell?
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Rachel Hawkins (Demonglass (Hex Hall, #2))
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Do act mysterious. It always keeps them coming back for more.
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Carolyn Keene (Nancy's Mysterious Letter (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #8))
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He was still a mystery to me. And God, did I want to play Nancy Drew.
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Cora Carmack (Losing It (Losing It, #1))
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I love Nancy Drew!
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Carolyn Keene (The Clue of the Tapping Heels (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #16))
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Nancy, every place you go, it seems as if mysteries just pile up one after another.
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Carolyn Keene (The Message in the Hollow Oak (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #12))
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As she walked, she breathed a quick benediction to the patron saint of sleuthing. "Nancy Drew," she whispered, "be with me now.
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Colin Meloy (Wildwood (Wildwood Chronicles, #1))
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When I was a child, it was a matter of pride that I could plow through a Nancy Drew story in one afternoon, and begin another in the evening. . . . I was probably trying to impress the librarians who kept me supplied with books.
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Kathleen Norris
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Ned said "Nancy Drew is the best girl detective in the whole world!"
"Don't you believe him," Nancy said quickly. "I have solved some mysteries, I'll admit, and I enjoy it, but I'm sure there are many other girls who could do the same.
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Carolyn Keene (Nancy's Mysterious Letter (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #8))
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Not many girls would have used their wits the way you did," the officer observed.
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Carolyn Keene (The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #1))
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Chuckling to herself, Nancy said aloud, "Romance and detective work won't mix tonight!
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Carolyn Keene (The Bungalow Mystery (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #3))
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I don't promise to forget the mystery, but I know I'll have a marvelous time.
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Carolyn Keene (Nancy's Mysterious Letter (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #8))
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Again time elapsed.
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Carolyn Keene (The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #1))
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Who do I look like, Nancy freaking Drew?
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Laurie Faria Stolarz
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Bess stepped back and looked at Nancy admiringly. 'Your hunches are so often right it startles me.
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Carolyn Keene (The Whispering Statue (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #14))
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I was supposed to be Nancy Drew, and instead I was Nancy Draw-the-blinds-and-put-it-in-me. Wait, what?
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R.S. Grey (Scoring Wilder)
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I just know that any time I undertake a case, I'm apt to run into some kind of a trap.
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Carolyn Keene (The Clue of the Broken Locket (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #11))
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We could certainly use a detective. And I've got to hand it to you, Nancy - you sure can keep your head.
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Carolyn Keene (The Secret of Shadow Ranch (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #5))
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Excitement in Eastport? Nay! But I had time to snoop around Nancy Drew style.
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Kim Harrington (Clarity (Clarity, #1))
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Have you ever found your heart's desire and then lost it? I had seen myself, a portrait of myself as a reader. My childhood: days home sick from school reading Nancy Drew, forbidden books read secretively late at night. Teenage years reading -trying to read- books I'd heard were important, Naked Lunch, and The Fountainhead, Ulysses and Women in Love... It was as though I had dreamt the perfect lover, who vanished as I woke, leaving me pining and surly.
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Audrey Niffenegger (The Night Bookmobile)
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She always has close calls when she solves a mystery!
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Carolyn Keene (The Mystery of the Ivory Charm (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #13))
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Nancy, an attractive titian blond, grinned up at her friend.
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Carolyn Keene (The Mystery at Lilac Inn (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #4))
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NANCY DREW began peeling off her garden gloves as she ran up the porch steps and into the hall to answer the ringing telephone. She picked it up and said, βHello!
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Carolyn Keene (The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew, #2))
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Emery cut in impatiantly, "For crying out loud. Who do you think you are, Nancy Drew?"
Hey," I snapped, because no one sniped at my sister but me, and Mark echoed with a stern "Chill, dude."
Phin was unperturbed. "Those books were highly unrealistic. Do you have any idea how much brain damage a person would have if she were hit on the head and drugged with chloroform that often?
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Rosemary Clement-Moore (Texas Gothic (Goodnight Family, #1))
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Before she turned around to face him, she wiped away the tears that had started down her cheeks. Nancy didnβt cry much, but when she did, she cried in private.
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Carolyn Keene (The Stolen Kiss (Nancy Drew Files Book 111))
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Snoopy Ned Nickerson went to the cupboard
To find Nancy Drew a clue.
But when he got there,
Each cupboard was bare
And so there was no clue for Drew.
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Carolyn Keene
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Nancy, you're a whiz, as I've often told you," her friend declared.
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Carolyn Keene (The Secret of Red Gate Farm (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #6))
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Luther, bring the gatekeeper quickly!" Bell ordered. "Just how did you get in, Miss Drew?"
"I came in at the entrance," Nancy replied. "The larkspur is beautiful.
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Carolyn Keene (Password to Larkspur Lane (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #10))
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Mona knocked at the wrong time.
βUhβ¦yeahβ¦wait a minute, Mona -- β
Mona shouted through the door. βRoom service, gentlemen. Just pull the covers up.β
Michael grinned at Jon. βMy roommate. Brace yourself.β
Seconds later, Mona burst through the doorway with a tray of coffee and croissants.
βHi! Iβm Nancy Drew! You must be the Hardy Boys!
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Armistead Maupin (Tales of the City (Tales of the City #1))
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I'll wire the International Federation of American Homing Pigeon Fanciers and give them the number stamped on the bird's leg ring.
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Carolyn Keene (Password to Larkspur Lane (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #10))
Carolyn Keene (The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew, #2))
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We didn't think the library was funny looking in it's faux- Greek splendor, nor did we find the cuisine limited or bland, or the movies at the Michigan theater relentlessly American and mindless. These were opinions I came to later, after I became a denizen of a City, an expatriate anxious to distance herself from the bumpkin ways of her youth. I am suddenly consumed by nostalgia for the little girl who was me, who loved the fields and believed in God, who spent winter days home sick from school reading Nancy Drew and sucking menthol cough drops, who could keep a secret.
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Audrey Niffenegger (The Time Traveler's Wife)
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I have a hunch from reading about old passageways that there may be one or more rooms off this tunnel," Nancy told Captain Rossland.
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Carolyn Keene (The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #2))
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Bell seated himself behind the desk, motioning for Nancy to stand opposite him. There was tense silence for a moment. Then Bell reached for a desk telephone.
"I am going to call the police, Miss Drew, and turn you over to them on a charge of trespassing, breaking, and entering with an attempt to steal."
"I wish you would," Nancy replied. "if it is possible over that dummy telephone.
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Carolyn Keene (Password to Larkspur Lane (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #10))
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What a charming place!β Bess remarked, as they reached a small, white, two-story colonial house surrounded by a white picket fence with a gate. Flowers, especially old-fashioned American varieties, grew in profusion in the front yard.
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Carolyn Keene (The Clue in the Old Stagecoach (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #37))
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I had seen myself, a portrait of myself as a reader. My childhood: hours spent in airless classrooms, days home sick from school reading Nancy Drew, forbidden books read secretively late at night. Teenage years reading - trying to read- books I'd heard were important, Naked Lunch and The Fountainhead, Ulysses and Women in Love." -The Night Bookmobile
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Audrey Niffenegger
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The others laughed and Burt said, "All you need are girls who paddle like boys, and you're set!
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Carolyn Keene (The Secret of the Golden Pavilion (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #36))
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Was it a threat, or a well-meant warning?
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Carolyn Keene (The Secret of Shadow Ranch (Nancy Drew, #5))
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I'm Fred Mathews
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Carolyn Keene (The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #1))
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When the lights suddenly go out, hold onto your diamonds for dear life. - Nancy Drew, The Mystery of Lilac Inn
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Carolyn Keene
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Whatβs in your backpack, Bess?β Nancy Drew asked
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Carolyn Keene (Babysitting Bandit (Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #23))
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Suddenly Nancy spotted the mysterious Arab
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Carolyn Keene (The Mystery of the 99 Steps (Nancy Drew, #43))
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My brain was spinning. Demons, missing students...
Why had my life suddenly become a Nancy Drew mystery from hell?
"Okay, but that would mean..." I could hardly say the next words. They seemed unbelievable to me. "That would mean Mrs. Casnoff is in on it, and if that is the case,my dad would know something about it."
"Not necessarily," Archer said. "Hecate Hall and Graymalkin Island are completely Mrs. Casnoff's domain. Your dad signs off on all the kids who're sentenced here, but past that, he leaves it all to her."
Way to be screwed over by delegating, Dad.
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Rachel Hawkins (Demonglass (Hex Hall, #2))
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Then she began to quote from Shakespeare:
βBut love is blind, and lovers
cannot see
The pretty follies that themselves
commit.
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Carolyn Keene (Nancy's Mysterious Letter (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #8))
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Operation Nancy Drew Goes To Hex Hall starts today!
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Rachel Hawkins (Spell Bound (Hex Hall, #3))
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Forget Nancy Drew, I was trapped inside a bad French farce.
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Elizabeth Segrave (Memoria (Memoria, #1))
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just bought himself a new set of clubs a couple of months
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Carolyn Keene (False Notes (Nancy Drew (All New) Girl Detective Book 3))
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Their eyes met, and Nancy felt a charge pass between them, like a small electric shock. Hold it, she warned herself. Since when do you respond to anyone other than Ned Nickerson?
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Carolyn Keene (Love Notes (Nancy Drew Files Book 109))
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And to think,β Ned said huskily, βonly this afternoon I thought Iβd lost you to another guy.
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Carolyn Keene (The Stolen Kiss (Nancy Drew Files Book 111))
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Carolyn Keene (The Secret of Red Gate Farm (Nancy Drew, #6))
Carolyn Keene (A Capitol Crime (Nancy Drew Diaries #22))
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One thing is for sure, she thought. Work is the best antidote for worry. I'll get back to Twin Elms and do some more sleuthing there.
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Carolyn Keene (The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #2))
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She touched her forehead with the back of her
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Carolyn Keene (Sleepover Sleuths (Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #1))
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George received permission to go, then Bess called her house. Mrs. Marvin said her daughter might accompany Nancy, and added that if Mr. Drew had not already chosen a place for them to stay, she would recommend the Long View Motel on top of the hill overlooking Deep River and the valley.
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Carolyn Keene (The Moonstone Castle Mystery (Nancy Drew, #40))
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The night the day of our find, Dr. Pitt and the stone tablet disappeared!
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Carolyn Keene (The Clue of the Black Keys (Nancy Drew, #28))
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You have to fight twice- once against your fear and once against your enemy.
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Carolyn Keene (Captive Witness (Nancy Drew, #64))
Carolyn Keene (The Whispering Statue (Nancy Drew, #14))
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luncheon check, the three arose and left the dining
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Carolyn Keene (The Secret of The Old Clock (Nancy Drew Mystery, #1))
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George liked computers and was always sharing interesting facts with her friends.
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Carolyn Keene (Pony Problems (Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew Book 3))
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Enough gossip,β George said, clapping her hands. βTime to eat!
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Carolyn Keene (The Ghost of Grey Fox Inn (Nancy Drew Diaries, #13))
Carolyn Keene (Strangers on a Train (Nancy Drew Diaries, #2))
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The officer said No and his mother was frantic.
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Carolyn Keene (The Invisible Intruder (Nancy Drew, #46))
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When Miss Carter came back to the table she reported that laboratory tests had shown that the βsleepyβ kitten had indeed been drugged.
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Carolyn Keene (The Clue of the Tapping Heels (Nancy Drew, #16))
Carolyn Keene (The Clue in the Old Album (Nancy Drew, #24))
Carolyn Keene (Mall Madness (Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew Book 15))
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Mr. Clyde Mead
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Carolyn Keene (The Crooked Banister (Nancy Drew, #48))
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Nancy said good-by and put down the phone. She waited several seconds for the line to clear, then picked up the instrument again and called Hannah Gruen.
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Carolyn Keene (The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew, #2))
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LefΓ¨vre! Iβll bet theyβre one and the
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Carolyn Keene (The Secret in the Old Lace (Nancy Drew Book 59))
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Through the words on the page she followed Alice down rabbit holes and Dorothy into tornados, solved mysteries alongside Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew, flew with Peter to Neverland, and made a wonderful journey to a Mushroom Planet. Her family was reasonably well-off, and there was no shortage of books, either through the shops or the library, which seemed to be entirely without limits.
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Seanan McGuire (In an Absent Dream (Wayward Children, #4))
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Gosh, Bess, youβd think you were going on a date with a hot new guy instead of to a book signing at a stuffy downtown hotel. If I didnβt know how much you love romance novels, Iβd wonder what had gotten into you.
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Carolyn Keene (Kiss and Tell (Nancy Drew Files Book 104))
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About halfway back to the fraternity house, they suddenly became aware of bright lights behind them. The two turned automatically. To their horror, a car had raced up over the curb and was heading directly at them!
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Carolyn Keene (Nancy's Mysterious Letter (Nancy Drew, #8))
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ο»Ώ"I always read everything when I was a kid-and I do mean everything, from Nancy Drew to Dickens to my dad's John D. MacDonald-but then I went to regular school and the English teachers started telling me to read 'real' books, so I tried. And you know, I kinda went off reading for a while. I had already been reading literary novels and the classics mixed in with whatever else, but-" She waved a hand. "So I went back to reading whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted to-reading had been my greatest pleasure in all the world. I mean I never really watched all that much television, because we were moving around, never really had solid digs until I was thirteen, so reading was everything.
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Barbara O'Neal (The Secret of Everything)
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It is indeed possible to be widely read, as I am, and still have black holes in one's knowledge.
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Lauren Baratz-Logsted (How Nancy Drew Saved My Life)
Carolyn Keene (The Cinderella Ballet Mystery (Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew Book 4))
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The same night that Dr. Pitt, the cipher stone, and the keys disappeared, the Tinos vanished.
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Carolyn Keene (The Clue of the Black Keys (Nancy Drew, #28))
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Georgeβs eyes lit up as she considered that there might be a mystery to solve.
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Carolyn Keene (Pony Problems (Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew Book 3))
Carolyn Keene (Captive Witness (Nancy Drew Mysteries Book 64))
Carolyn Keene (Strangers on a Train (Nancy Drew Diaries, #2))
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the Muscatonic Summer Music
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Carolyn Keene (Love Notes (Nancy Drew Files Book 109))
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Nancy fell so hard that the breath was knocked from her, but she struggled to her feet.
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Carolyn Keene (The Quest of the Missing Map (Nancy Drew, #19))
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The drive to Bridgeton took about an hour and a half. Nancy and Helen arrived in time to attend services in the quaint, white, eighteenth-century church. Then they had lunch at a tearoom.
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Carolyn Keene (The Mystery at Lilac Inn (Nancy Drew, #4))
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A low, silver sports car roared past at high speed, missing them by inches. Nancy glimpsed the man at the wheel long enough to register his dark mustache and the pipe clenched in his teeth. βWhat a menace,β George said, shaking her head in disgust. Nancy
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Carolyn Keene (The Perfect Plot (Nancy Drew Files Book 76))
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Ned arrived promptly and drove Nancy to a country restaurant. Tables surrounded a pool. βHow about a swim first?β he suggested. βWe can rent some gear.β She agreed and they spent half an hour in the water.
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Carolyn Keene (The Sign of the Twisted Candles (Nancy Drew, #9))
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was just about to invite you to dance,β came the unexpected reply. The orchestra was switching tempos and Nancy nodded. She followed the stranger to the center of the floor where several other couples were trying unsuccessfully to keep from bumping into each other. βI donβt know your name,β the young detective said as the two began to dance.
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Carolyn Keene (The Twin Dilemma (Nancy Drew Mysteries Book 63))
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Nancy zipped across the street and into a photocopy shop. βHi. I want you to blow something up,β she said to the clerk. βThis is a copy shop, not a terrorist headquarters,β said the young man behind the counter. Then he laughed with his entire thin body. βI never get tired of that joke,β he said.
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Carolyn Keene (The Case of the Vanishing Veil (Nancy Drew, #83))
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Suddenly she saw a man who was snapping her picture. She stared at him and realized that he was short, had black hair, a hard face, and was wearing a gray suit. He looked to be of Italian descent. Could he possibly be Benny the Slippery One Caputti?
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Carolyn Keene (The Thirteenth Pearl (Nancy Drew, #56))
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Nancy invited Bess to go along and proceeded toward the river. Saltyβs home was very quaint. Once it had been a small, attractive yacht. Now it was a beached wreck, weathered by sun and rain. Its only claim to any former glory was the flag which flew proudly from the afterdeck.
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Carolyn Keene (The Clue in the Crumbling Wall (Nancy Drew, #22))
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OH, poor Ira!β Nancy Drew exclaimed and slowed her convertible. The two girls with her turned to look toward the sidewalk. Trudging along was an elderly mail carrier. He was lugging a heavy bag over one shoulder. His head was down and his eyes were almost closed against the strong November wind that swirled leaves and dirt around him. βMr. Nixon!β Nancy called out of her open window. βLet me give you a ride.β The mail carrier looked up and managed a smile. βHello, Nancy,β he said. βThank you, but I have to stop at every house. Lots of letters today. Thereβs one in the bottom of my bag for you. It was sent air mail from London, England.β βHow exciting!β Nancy said. βWell, Iβll see you at the house.β She added, βIβll have some hot cocoa waiting for you.β Mr. Nixon smiled and Nancy drove on.
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Carolyn Keene (Nancy's Mysterious Letter (Nancy Drew, #8))
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Strauss! Oh yes, he was so-so. He wrote pretty music- The Blue Danube and Tales from the Vienna Woods. But what is that compared to Mozart?'
Suddenly, Bess and George spotted Nancy coming towards them. 'Nancy!' the cousins chimed simultaneously and raced toward her.
'I see our bus driver is still at it.' Nancy grinned.
'All the way from Salzburg." George groaned.
'Did he run off the road again?'
'Not once but many times,' Bess said. 'It was awful. Once he got so angry because someone compared Beethoven to Mozart that he actually stopped the bus, ran outside, and shouted into the valley, Beethoven is a bore. Mozart is sublime. Over and over. The professor had to go out and drag him back to the bus.
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Carolyn Keene (Captive Witness (Nancy Drew, #64))
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Next, he showed the girls a narrow Incan street. Both sides of it had high stone walls and the driver stopped so the visitors could walk down a short distance to see the famous twelve-sided stone which was part of it. Each girl counted the sides and marveled at the way the ancient stonecutters had trimmed this enormous rock to accommodate the ones fitted around it. The young tourists noticed that all the stones were so perfectly fitted that there was not one single opening or crack between them. Not even an earthquake could damage this amazing artisanship!
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Carolyn Keene (The Clue in the Crossword Cipher (Nancy Drew, #44))
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By this time she had reached the Blenheim estate on the outskirts of River Heights. The broad tree-shadowed lawn was filled with women setting up displays for the annual charity flower show. Nancy had been assigned a spot in the greenhouse behind the mansion. As she set her larkspur arrangement in place, the chairman came up to her. βMy, Nancy, your delphinium are gorgeous,β Mrs. Winsor said. βThank you,β Nancy replied. βI just adore larkspur,β the woman said. βSuch a lovely old-fashioned flower. My grandmother had them in her garden. She always had hollyhocks and bluebells, too.
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Carolyn Keene (Password to Larkspur Lane (Nancy Drew, #10))
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Within minutes the girls were running barefoot along the sand, playing tag with the breaking wavelets. Nancy was dangling a bathing cap in her hand. βIβm glad itβs calm,β George remarked. βSay, maybe we could use one of those sailboats!β There were a variety of boats tied upβsmall sailing dinghies, rowboats, Boston Whalers. Larger sailboats were moored offshore. Several Sailfish had been pulled up on the beach.
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Carolyn Keene (The Whispering Statue (Nancy Drew, #14))
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Once aboard Top Job, George and Nancy had the mainsail and jib up in record time. Bess dutifully coiled the sheets. βThe wind is perfect.β George sighed happily, taking the tiller. Top Job sailed smoothly, gathering speed as the sails filled. The boat was running before the wind. As the craft approached the mouth of the harbor, George noticed a post she assumed was a racing marker. She decided to have a look at it, thinking she might take part in Saturdayβs races. βReady about, hard alee!β she called. Nancy uncleated the jib sheet. Then she and Bess scrambled to the other side of the boat. Nancy trimmed the jib sheet, cleating it on the starboard side. George handed her the tiller, saying, βTry her. She handles beautifully.
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Carolyn Keene (The Whispering Statue (Nancy Drew, #14))
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Nancy thanked him, then went to her convertible. She drove carefully through the city traffic and finally reached Hilo Street. Mrs. Stewartβs apartment house was Number 76. Nancy scanned the buildings and found that this one was the largest on the street. It was ultramodern in design and about twenty stories high. After parking her car, she smoothed her hair and got out. A red-coated doorman nodded pleasantly to the young detective as she entered the building a minute later. Nancy checked the directory and saw that Mrs. Stewart was in Apartment Three on the fourth floor. She rang the elevator button. Almost instantly, aluminum doors slid open noiselessly, and Nancy stepped inside the carpeted elevator. It was self-operated, and Nancy pushed the fourth-floor control.
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Carolyn Keene (The Bungalow Mystery (Nancy Drew, #3))
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The girls walked into the long, empty hall, which sent out hollow echoes when the visitors spoke. From there Mr. March led them to the music room. The only furniture in it was an old-fashioned piano with yellowed keys and a thread-bare chair in front of it. Several other rooms on the first floor were empty and dismal. Heavy silken draperies, once beautiful, but now faded and worn, hung at some of the windows. The dining room still had its walnut table, chairs, and buffet, but a built-in corner cupboard was bare. βI sold the fine old glass and china that used to be in there,β Mr. March said to Nancy in a strained voice.
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Carolyn Keene (The Secret in the Old Attic (Nancy Drew, #21))
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Okay,β I finally said. βCan we all agree that this is maybe the most screwed-up situation weβve ever found ourselves in?β
βAgreed,β they said in unison.
βAwesome.β I gave a little nod. βAnd do either of you have any idea what we should do about it?β
βWell, we canβt use magic,β Archer said.
βAnd if we try to leave, we get eaten by Monster Fog,β Jenna added.
βRight. So no plans at all, then?β
Jenna frowned. βOther than rocking in the fetal position for a while?β
βYeah, I was thinking about taking one of those showers where you huddle in the corner fully clothed and cry,β Archer offered.
I couldnβt help but snort with laughter. βGreat. So weβll all go have our mental breakdowns, and then weβll somehow get ourselves out of this mess.β
βI think our best bet is to lie low for a while,β Archer said. βLet Mrs. Casnoff think weβre all too shocked and awed to do anything. Maybe this assembly tonight will give us some answers.β
βAnswers,β I practically sighed. βAbout freaking time.β
Jenna gave me a funny look. βSoph, are youβ¦grinning?β
I could feel my cheeks aching, so I knew that I was. βLook, you two have to admit: if we want to figure out just what the Casnoffs are plotting, this is pretty much the perfect place.β
βMy girl has a point,β Archer said, smiling at me. Now my cheeks didnβt just ache, they burned.
Clearing her throat, Jenna said, βOkay, so we all go up to our rooms, then after the assembly tonight we can regroup and decide what to do next.β
βDeal,β I said as Archer nodded.
βAre we all going to high-five now?β Jenna asked after a pause.
βNo, but I can make up some kind of secret handshake if you want,β Archer said, and for a second, they smiled at each other.
But just as quickly, the smile disappeared from Jennaβs face, and she said to me, βLetβs go. I want to see if our room is as freakified as the rest of this place.β
βGood idea,β I said. Archer reached out and brushed his fingers over mine.
βSee you later, then?β he asked. His voice was casual, but my skin was hot where he touched me.
βDefinitely,β I answered, figuring that even a girl who has to stop evil witches from taking over the world could make time for kissage in there somewhere.
He turned and walked away. As I watched him go, I could feel Jenna starting at me. βFine,β she acknowledged with a dramatic roll of her eyes. βHeβs a little dreamy.β
I elbowed her gently in the side. βThanks.β
Jenna started to walk to the stairs. βYou coming?β
βYeah,β I said. βIβll be right up. I just want to take a quick look around down here.β
βWhy, so you can be even more depressed?β
Actually, I wanted to stay downstairs just a little longer to see if anyone else showed up. So far, Iβd seen nearly everyone I remembered from last year at Hex Hall. Had Cal been dragged here, too? Technically he hadnβt been a student, but Mrs. Casnoff had used his powers a lot last year. Would she still want him here?
To Jenna, I just said, βYeah, you know me. I like poking bruises.β
βOkay. Get your Nancy Drew on.
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from her purse. βWe have to follow that car!β βBut not too close,β Nancy replied. βWeβd make them suspicious.β The girls waited three minutes before backing out into the main highway and then turning into the adjacent road. Though the automobile ahead had disappeared, tire prints were plainly visible. The road twisted through a stretch of wood-land. When finally the tire prints turned off into a heavily wooded narrow lane, Nancy was sure they were not far from the cabin. She parked among some trees and they went forward on foot. βThere it is!β whispered Nancy, recognizing the chimney. βBess, I want you to take my car, drive to River Heights, and look up the name of the owner of the car we just saw. Hereβs the license number. βAfter youβve been to the Motor Vehicle Bureau, please phone Mrs. Putneyβs house. If she answers, weβll know it wasnβt she we saw in the car. Then get hold of Dad or Ned, and bring one of them here as fast as you can. We may need help. Got it straight?β βIβIβg-guess so,β Bess answered. βHurry back! No telling what may happen while youβre away.β The two watched as Nancyβs car rounded a bend and was lost to view. Then Nancy and George walked swiftly through the woods toward the cabin. Approaching the building, Nancy and George were amazed to find that no car was parked on the road in front. βHow do you figure it?β George whispered as the girls crouched behind bushes. βWe certainly saw tire marks leading into this road!β βYes, but the car that passed may have gone on without stopping. Possibly the driver saw us and changed her plans. Wait here, and watch the cabin while I check the tire marks out at the
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Carolyn Keene (The Ghost of Blackwood Hall (Nancy Drew, #25))
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As soon as all the prizes had been given out, the band began to play a lively dance number. Rod Havelock, who had been watching closely, came up to claim Nancy and was only a second ahead of Al. βI guess Iβd better get my dances in early,β the assistant purser teased. βI see I have a handsome rival.β Nancy laughed as they glided off. βIβm glad you did, because I must ask you a question. We are planning to open the mystery trunk tonight after this party is over. Will you come and help us investigate it?β βYou bet I will,β Rod replied. βI can tell you now that the dancing will end at eleven oβclock sharp. Shall we say eleven-fifteen in your room?β βPerfect,β Nancy agreed. At this moment the music ended. Others came up to talk to the couple, and presently AI made his way toward Nancy. βMay I have the next dance?β he asked. The whole evening was a joyful one for Nancy and her friends. They were claimed for every dance. Al asked the girl detective if she would accompany him to the lavish table of food that had been set up on the deck outside. She went along and they found Bess, George, and Nelda there with Bruce, Chipper, and Tubby. βHey, have some of those delicious meatballs!β Tubby recommended. βNow, Tub, I thought you were staying away from all this fattening stuff?β Chipper teased. βWell, I had to try a little of each!β Tubby defended himself. When the music began to play again, Al asked Nancy to dance. βSure, Iβd like to,β she said. βIβm glad you would,β Al commented. βNext to football, dancing is my favorite pastime.
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Carolyn Keene (Mystery of the Brass-Bound Trunk (Nancy Drew, #17))