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Nancy Drew Girl Detective #22: Dressed to Steal

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In a previous case, Nancy and the gang met a fashion designed named Alicia. She's now a hot star and opening a new shop in River Heights. Scoop, her Chicago store, was such a hit that she picked this random small town for Scoop 2. Nancy finds out that the store will have a secret early opening with big sales on Friday, and Bess can't wait to find some bargains. The sale goes worse than anyone thought possible. Someone throws a rock through the plate glass window that causes everyone to freak out and run. A young girl gets trampled in the commotion. Since this is River Heights, the Chief of Police himself comes out to shut down the opening. He tells them that they can come back the next day but that they will all get numbers that determine when they can enter the store. Alicia is practically in tears because she never expected something like this to happen. Nancy learns that a pair of earrings went missing too. Natalie, the editor in chief of Threads, a super pop

Sweet Valley Kids #14: Jessica the Baby-Sitter

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Jessica and Elizabeth are super excited because their neighbor, Mrs. DeVito – no relation to Danny – just had a new baby. She told the girls they could come over anytime they wanted to see baby Jenny. The girls are so enamored over the baby that they start wishing their mom would have a baby too. Alice gushes over Jenny and how much she loves babies, which doesn't help the situation. After talking it over, the girls decide that they convince their mom to have another kid. Alice and Ned actually talk about how much they loved having kids and tease Steven because he was super into his new sisters. He even tucked his favorite stuffed rabbit in with Jessica when she cried. The girls assume that their plan is working and that they can tell all their friends about it. They even make lists of their favorite baby names. When they find out that their classmate Andy's mom is pregnant, they ask him what it's like. He tells them how his mom gets weird cravings and is t