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The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew, Book 2)
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Reading level: Ages 9-12
Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap; 4th edition May 1, 1976
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0448095025
ISBN-13: 978-0448095028
Product Dimensions:
7.4 x 4.8 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
From School Library Journal
Grade 3-6-Nancy Drew is on the case, trying to solve the second mystery of her career. When Nancy's friend Helen asks her to come stay at Twin Elms to try and catch the ghost that has been frightening Helen's Aunt Rosemary and Miss Flora, Nancy readily accepts the assignment. Exhibiting total fearlessness and constant level headedness, Nancy uses her deductive reasoning to try and outsmart the ghost. Along the way, Nancy's lawyer father is kidnapped in what at first appears to be an unrelated incident, or is it? Stage and screen actress, Laura Linney, aptly captures the essence of Nancy and all of the other characters. A subtle Hitchcockian soundtrack underscores the suspenseful moments without overpowering the story. A surefire winner.
Veronica Schwartz, Des Plaines Public Library, IL
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From AudioFile
Laura Linney transports the listener into the thick of the action as Nancy Drew undertakes to help out her dear friends and rescue her father. In this early Keene mystery set in the environs of an old stone mansion, Nancy is frustrated at almost every turn, but, still, she is always proper, always ready to fix a meal, rarely discouraged, and always ready to set off in pursuit. For longtime Drew fans, the mystery unfolds with satisfying regularity. For new listeners, Linney brings an immediacy and a freshness that keep the listener at Nancy's side as she solves another mystery. A.R. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine
--This text refers to the
Audio Cassette
edition.
Reader Reviews
Written by Mildred Wirt Benson from an outline by Edward Stratemeyer, THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE was first published in 1930. It was the second book in the Nancy Drew series, and it and those that followed presented its heroine as a rich, headstrong, and distinctly reckless teenager who sometimes carried a pistol and who wasn't above breaking the law when it suited her purposes. As the series progressed and other writers began to generate Nancy Drew novels, the character changed and Nancy was "toned down;" instead of flatly rich, she became reasonably affluent; recklessness was replaced by commonsense caution; and while she might be willing to bend the law a bit she would never knowingly break it. In the 1950s and 1960s the earlier novels were re-written to reflect this change in character. THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE was significantly rewritten in 1959. In this particular story, Nancy is asked to investigate a supposed haunting at Twin Elms, a colonal mansion occupied by the elderly Miss Flora and her daughter Rosemary: not only have things gone bump in the night, jewelry has come up missing as well. She is assisted in this by her friend Helen, who is Rosemary's niece. Meanwhile Nancy's father, attorney Carson Drew, is working to defeat the shady dealings of the mysterious Mr. Gombet. Needless to say, before too long the two cases begin to link up. The book is very much of its era: you will not find any cell phones, computers, or similar modern gadgets between its covers. Nancy herself is the "perfect good girl" according to the standards of the day: she tends toward skirts and jackets, wears gloves while gardening and for social occasion, and is never too busy to whip up a quick luncheon (chicken salad always seems to be a favorite) for family or friends. The Nancy Drew books are not great literature by any stretch of the imagination--they are too distinctly formula for that--but they are competently written, literate, and never talk down to their target audience. They are also good "comfort reading" for grown-ups who recall their childhood reading fondly. Several sources note that THE HIDDEN STAIRCASE is the single best selling title in the series; whether true or not, it is innocent fun. GFT, Amazon Reviewer
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