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Title | : | The Message in the Hollow Oak (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #12) |
Author | : | Carolyn Keene |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 181 pages |
Published | : | 1972 by Grosset and Dunlap (first published 1935) |
Categories | : | Mystery. Fiction. Young Adult. Childrens |
Carolyn Keene
Hardcover | Pages: 181 pages Rating: 3.87 | 8706 Users | 219 Reviews
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A group of detectives who travel 'cross states to solve a mystery, but after one weekend give up and go home - their ancient relative passes the word to Nancy Drew who just completed her last mystery solve and is a little blue; at that 'cross state location is found an archaeological dig in progress, with a very amiable professor in charge, and who is possessed of a nice house available for lodging extra girl detectives and her friends; bones of all types, including baby fingers; a small metal treasure left by an old priest - who spent a lot of time hammering metal plates with his name and the year onto every hollow oak he came across; many old, beat up hollow oak trees apparently on their sides mostly abused by treasurer hunters, but with metal plates firmly in place after 200 years; a brace of teenagers, all pairing up; one misguided male adds jealousy to hormonal hi-jinx as he moves in on Ned's girl; thigh thumping old guys willing to lend their old trucks to strangers - teenage strangers; nefarious thieves with ridiculous names; 3 shy small boys who sneak up on the teens and steal their carefully prepared lunch and run off into the woods - they are never mentioned again; grown men getting kidnapped willy-nilly requiring Nancy's special touch at finding them; a log that flies through the dining room window, lands on the dinner table and miraculously hurts not one of the many persons gathered round the table; helpful, muscular Ned saves Nancy's life, pulling her out of a grimy white substance in water where she has been submerged - whereupon Ned comments, "Nancy, you should get out of those clothes, and wash your hair as soon as possible. "- ever the romantic, Ned!; good old Dad, Drew Carson on a business trip for the entire book, comes home on the penultimate page just prior to his next flight out; and in a ND epilogue (have never seen one of those so far) Nancy wins an award for her many brave deeds in recovering the ancient treasure divided between deserving community institutions.
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Original Title: | The Message in the Hollow Oak |
ISBN: | 0448095122 (ISBN13: 9780448095127) |
Edition Language: | English |
Series: | Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #12 |
Characters: | Nancy Drew |
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Ratings: 3.87 From 8706 Users | 219 ReviewsWeigh Up Of Books The Message in the Hollow Oak (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #12)
I give this a 3-star review, just because my daughter so enjoys being read these Nancy Drew stories. For me, the plots are SO unrealistic. Someone gets kidnapped in almost every single Nancy Drew book! Including this one! Two separate people were in fact kidnapped in this one. Yet both were found unharmed and saved by Nancy. And car accidents. Almost every book Nancy gets in a car accident. Including in this one. Yet she always walks away fine, with either no damage to the car, or just minorIn List Review format:This random-in-no-particular-order list of Persons, Places or Things from The Message In The Hollow Oak (Nancy Drew #12) includes, but is not limited to. . . .A group of detectives who travel 'cross states to solve a mystery, but after one weekend give up and go home - their ancient relative passes the word to Nancy Drew who just completed her last mystery solve and is a little blue; at that 'cross state location is found an archaeological dig in progress, with a very
it turns out i actually did read the original and i do remember it being a lot more exciting.
Standard fare for this series...which isn't a bad thing.
I am an old Nancy Drew fan, and have been re-reading many of them recently on weekends. I have no issues with the stories being quite predictable given they were written half a century ago and were trend setters or the fact that the villains are kind of cute here who never do any real harm and are quite stupid too. But taking into account the fact that it is a children's book and especially because of the fact that it is a children's book, I have some serious issues,1. What's with Bess'
My daughter likes Nancy Drew books and wanted me to read one of the 'original' versions out loud. It really was interesting to read a Nancy Drew book in its original form! I found the writing to be good and the dialogue well-done. The story line was action-packed but still flowed nicely. I much prefer the original to the later edition of this book! I would like to read more of this series in the original version.
An average entry into the series, but still a fairly good mystery, especially for younger kids.
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