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Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9780448095240
ISBN number: 0448095246
Label: Grosset & Dunlap
Manufacturer: Grosset & Dunlap
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 192
Printing Date: January 01, 1947
Publishing house: Grosset & Dunlap
Age index: Ages 9-12
Sale Popularity Level: 49616
Studio: Grosset & Dunlap
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At a doll collector's request for help, a young sleuth searches for an old album, a lost doll, and a missing gypsy violinist.
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I enjoyed this book very much! It was fast pased and page turner. I didn't want to go to bed until I had solved the case. I love how the author is able to use so many different types of people to make this story so good. A mus read for any mystery fan.
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For some reason "The Clue in the Old Album" is one of my favourite Nancy Drew mysteries - probably because of the gypsy culture and the world of doll-collecting that's infused throughout the story which give it an interesting spin on things. Although the ending is a little anti-climactic (Nancy simply waits for the police to show up), there are plenty of twists and turns along the way to keep it exciting.
Nancy is at a violinist concert when she notices an elderly woman across the aisle get her purse stolen. Nancy is in hot pursuit, but fails to stop the thief from making off with the contents of the bag. On returning, Nancy meets the victim of the crime, Mrs Struthers, and her rather wild grand-daughter Rose. Mrs Struthers begs a further favour from Nancy, and when they meet at her house, Nancy hears the story of Rose's parentage. Her mother Enid ran away with a gypsy man, before being abandoned and returning to her mother's house. Desperately ill, Enid can only manage to mention a doll that is meant for Rose, and that there is a clue in the old family album. Naturally, Mrs Struthers (a doll collector herself) wants Nancy's help in finding this mysterious doll, as well as Rose's father - whose disappearance she believes was quite suspicious.
The case takes Nancy through several carnivals, fortune-teller's tents, doll-collecting exhibits, and even all the way to New York! There is a great twist concerning "the clue in the old album" and the nature of the doll that Nancy has been hired to look for. Though the story does seem to unravel a bit at the end, with several gypsies having a rather ludicrous scheme of world domination, and the doll in question becoming a rather oddly mystical McGuffin, the lead-up to these denouncements is involving while it lasts.
Perhaps not the best Nancy Drew mystery out there, but certainly not the worst either, "The Clue in the Old Album" might be a somewhat forgettable installment in the cannon of Nancy books, but remains one of my personal favourites.
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This mystery takes place in River Heights, a carnival, New York, and in a gypsy camp o a big mountainside. Nancey Drew is a character who is very brave, smart, and a good detective. Gus Franky is a minor character in the mystery who was a taxi driver. He drovee a suspect to the the suspect's home. A problem occurs when the gypsy group Nancy is after, keeps moving away whenever she tries to contact them! The scariest part of the mystery is when Nancy is captured by the gypsies!! I really like this book because it was full of action and excitement!
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Nancy Drew and The Clue in the Old Album
By: Keene, Carolyn
Reviewed By: R. Gandhi
Period: P.1
Nancy is seated in a theater and witnesses a purse snatching. She runs after the thief and retrieves the purse, however, she isn't able to retrieve the items in the purse. Then the owner of the purse, a doll collector, asks her to do some spying. One of the most important clues is a picture in the old album. There is a doll that looks like an actual person. Later in the book, Nancy touches the actual doll and it is warm. This doll is given to the doll collector. When Nancy finds this doll, she also finds the doll collector's son-in-law. He is a gypsy with a dead wife and young daughter.
I enjoyed reading this book. It was full of mysteries and twists. When it quoted, "The woman carefully placed the dolls on the nearby bed. Then she left the trailer." When this happened I thought it was safe for Nancy to get the doll. However, when Nancy touched the doll, the woman came back in and kidnapped Nancy.
The only part I disliked was when they said, "'We must find the other part of the paper.'" That whole section was so slow. I was getting a little annoyed. There was no mystery and it was becoming boring. However, as soon as the chapter ended it was back to the mystery again.
My favorite part of the book was when Nancy found the doll. It was so intense and it got better after the bad-doer caught her. Nancy was then kidnapped. I couldn't wait until she was found by Mr. Drew, her cousins, and the police. This part was my favorite because it was extremely exciting.
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This review concerns the original 1947 edition as well as the revised 1977 edition. While at a concert, Nancy witnesses a man stealing a woman's purse. She chases the thief, but only manages to recover the purse, not it's contents. Nancy befriends the owner of the purse and the woman offers Nancy a mystery to solve. Nancy is to locate the gypsy father of the woman's granddaughter, Rose; the man apparently abandoned his wife and Rose when she was 8 years old. As well, Nancy is to search for a doll which, on her deathbed, Rose's mother hinted contained a secret concerning Rose. I found this book to be alright. It was fairly well-written and has a moderate amount of action. The plot is interesting, but not terribly exciting. One thing which truely disappointed me about the book was the ending. Most of it is fine; however, everything is wrapped up much to quickly and uneventfully. Everything goes from doom-and-gloom to sunshine-and-roses (no pun intended) in a matter of one short, boring paragraph as the police just happen to come along and round all of the bad guys up. Unfortunately, this is the case with most Nancy Drew books and particularly the later editions. Having said this, the book wasn't that bad and most fans of the series would probably enjoy it.
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