Kate’s 2¢: “Curse of the Arctic Star: Nancy Drew diaries book 1” by Carolyn Keene

“Curse of the Arctic Star: Nancy Drew diaries book 1” by Carolyn Keene
Kate’s 2¢: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ merely shares my thoughts about what I read. I’m just saying…

Every now and then, I like to catch-up with Nancy Drew and her pals. It also reminds me of how to write for the grade 3-6 (8-12 year old) age group.
The language is clean and current, and doesn’t talk down to the students by using ‘baby words’. Although, they solved the issue of the saboteur, the other mystery will most likely be taken up in Book Two.

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolyn_Keene
Carolyn Keene is the pseudonym of the authors of the Nancy Drew mystery stories and The Dana Girls mystery stories, both produced by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. In addition, the Keene pen name is credited with the Nancy Drew spin-off, River Heights, and the Nancy Drew Notebooks.
Edward Stratemeyer, the founder of the Syndicate, hired writers, beginning with Mildred Wirt, later Mildred Wirt Benson, to write the manuscripts for the Nancy Drew books. The writers initially were paid $125 for each book and were required by their contract to give up all rights to the work and to maintain confidentiality.
Other writers who have adapted the “Carolyn Keene” moniker include Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Walter Karig, and Nancy Axelrod.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:
Curse of the Arctic Star: Nancy Drew diaries, book 1 DB98518
Keene, Carolyn. Reading time: 3 hours, 37 minutes.
Read by Jorjeana Marie.

Mystery and Detective Stories

Nancy, Bess, and George are on the maiden voyage of Arctic Star when strange things begin to happen. They suspect a saboteur is onboard. Commercial audiobook. For grades 3-6. 2013.
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