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Bezig met laden... The Secret of Mirror Bay (1972)door Carolyn Keene
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Mystery "Det hade redan hunnit bli mörkt när Kitty och hennes vänner bestämde att de skulle göra en vandring upp mot berget. De hade hört talas om att en grönklädd trollkarl skulle spöka där uppe. Just när flickorna stannade för att hämta andan hände något oväntat. En kuslig gestalt, insvept i ett mystiskt fladdrande ljus, stod framför dem. Det gröna ansiktet lyste och en röst sa: - Jag är trollkarlen." This children’s book has a weak disjointed story, filled with highly implausible events and hackneyed plot devices. Nancy and her pals are invited by her aunt to a lakefront cabin to solve the mystery of a strange woman who has been seen “gliding” across the lake. They hear rumors of a strange green-glowing ghost like human who inhabits the nearby woods, and on investigation, actually spot the creature. They then find a secret, underground laboratory in the woods Contrived plot devices abound. Resolution of each of the mysteries is an insult to the reader. Having just read the article about graphic novel versions of Nancy Drew, I was curious to reread one of the original versions. In some ways, it reads rather dated. Some of the prose is pretty stilted. For example, when the girls' boyfriends arrive with a man in tow for Aunt Eloise, he is introduced as "Miss Drew, I'd like to present my uncle, Professor Matthew Bronson, B.S., M.A., PhD. He's going to be teaching chemistry at Emerson this fall" (p.99). In addition, there is a lot of detail regarding making meals and what they eat. The characters also face real dangers---more than one is hit on the head and knocked out. One is bitten by a poisonous bug; another comes across a burglary in progress; another fights off a captor. However, the prose keeps the storyline from being too scary; I kept thinking that a current version of the story would not have people walking into the woods at night over and over to find criminals. It just seems way too dangerous for the audience to be believable. A library could do a display of Nancy Drew books and the graphic novel versions. Perhaps it could be part of a larger display celebrating mysteries and include mystery books for various age levels. The library could even host a mystery interactive theater presentation or hide clues in the library and let patrons do a search as part of a youth activity. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
When Nancy Drew and her friends go to a lake in New York to investigate reports of a woman gliding over water, they discover a treasure underwater. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.52Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1900-1944LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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