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The Nancy Drew Files #78: Update on Crime (1992)

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Carson has a friend, Otto, who is the station manager for a local news station. Since Nancy is bored – Ned is in the middle of preparing for finals – he suggests that she take a job at the station and investigate who keeps threatening Hal Taylor, one of the two anchors. She'll go undercover as a new intern. Before the job even starts though, someone arranges for Hal to view a threatening video right in the middle of the telecast. It doesn't take too long for Nancy to realize that lots of people dislike him. There's Carl, a temp crew worker who keeps sneaking around, Bill, a sound engineer who is just a little too friendly, and Gary, who wanted Hal's job but was passed over for the anchor position. There's also Marilyn, his co-anchor. They dated for quite awhile, at least long enough to get engaged, before he broke up with her and now keeps running around town with a young waitress who works with Bess. To complicate things even more, he takes Nancy out on ...

Nancy Drew Mystery Files #98: The Haunting of Horse Island (1990)

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George's parents got an invite to the Steadman Resort on Triple Tree Lake from Henry and his wife, the owners and friends of theirs. Since they can't go, they let the girls take their place. Nancy and her friends quickly find a gorgeous lake with dozens of things to do and tons of people. Not long after arriving, they hear a scream from a neighboring cabin and rush over. Ann and Carrie, two sisters who work at the resort, came back to find their cabin trashed. Nothing is missing but they explain that it's just another weird thing to happen. They also give them the low down on people who work there like Rodney, the horse trainer who is a total hottie. On a canoe trip, they meet Steve, yet another hot guy. He points out Horse Island to them and tells them that under no circumstances should any resort guest go out there. Legend says that a family once lived there, died in a mysterious way, and now haunt the island. Plus, hunters go out there to hunt illegally a...

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #170: No Strings Attached (2003)

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Nancy, George, and Bess head to Paris for a few weeks, and Carson was nice enough to rent them a small apartment that sits on top of a marionette theater and museum. Marie, the owner, welcomes them, shows them to their apartment, and then takes them out for lunch. She explains that the theater was in her family for years but that financial problems are forcing her to seriously consider selling the property to someone else. William, her lawyer, thinks she should sell to his business partner, Cristophe. Cristophe wants to keep it open but thinks he can do a better job of running it. We meet William when he comes for a visit and recommends, once again, that she sell. Marie also has a distant cousin named Claude who keeps hanging around. He thinks that the building should remain in the family and is ticked off that he didn't get any money from their grandmother's estate. Claude is suspicious because he keeps hanging around and getting in the way. Marie recently fire...

Nancy Drew Mystery Files #68: The Elusive Heiress (1982)

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Carson has a big and important job for Nancy. Millionaire Arlo Winthrop desperately wants to track down his daughter Clarinda before he dies. The only problem is that she went missing 40 years ago. After she fell in love with a solider, her father forbid her from seeing him, so she ran away to be with him. Winthrop tracked her to Wyoming, but no one has seen her in at least 30 years. When Carson gets a call that Clarinda is actually in Canada, he decides to try and find her and send Nancy and Ned to Wyoming. They can stay with Grace, the best friend of Nancy's mother. At the airport, they randomly stumble upon this little girl Jennifer. She's been attending boarding school in River Heights while her mother recovers from a car accident, but her mom called and asked that she come home. The head of the school recognizes Nancy and asks her to keep a watch on her during the flight. Ned winds up really bonding with her. Once they get to the airport though, her mother ...

Sweet Valley Kids #32: Left Back!

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Elizabeth and Jessica cannot wait for school to start because there's a new boy joining their class. Kisho turns out to be super cool. He was born in Japan and moved to New York as a kid. His parents are college professors and moved a lot, but they most recently moved from Oklahoma. All the kids in school think he's super cool. When he tells them that his birthday is coming up and that his parents want to throw a party at the park, Lila convinces him to do it at Secca Lake instead because it's bigger and has more room. He makes friends with both the boys and girls, and both the twins like him. That all changes when they do some math problems in school. He's so good at math that the teacher gives him advanced problems to do. Kisho says that he learned this before. Jessica asks if he learned it in first grade or if he studied it earlier in the year, but he finally confesses that he was held back and that this is his second time in second grade. Cue the bul...

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories #173: Danger on the Great Lakes (2003)

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Carson surprises Nancy with a cruise around the Great Lakes for her and her friends, and she surprises Bess and George by jumping out at them in a new bikini, seriously. After delivering the news, she suggests that they head to this new boutique where she got her swimsuit to get some new clothes for their trip. They meet Amber, another woman heading off on the same cruise. She explains that her boyfriend, Craig, works on the ship and got her a discounted ticket. They shop together and agree to meet up later. Almost as soon as they board the ship, they see Craig and Amber in the middle of a big fight. Amber keeps complaining about him to her new friends because even though he's working, she thinks that he should spend more time with her. When Craig learns who Nancy is, he gets her alone and reveals a big secret. He's actually an Interpol agent working undercover on the ship to catch a jewel thief. Nancy agrees to help after seeing his badge and fills her friends in on...

Sweet Valley Kids #31: Elizabeth and Jessica Run Awayk

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Ned's old friend from law school, Mr. Nelson, has two sons: Eric and Wesley who are the same age as the twins and one year younger. Since he and his wife want to attend a conference in LA, Ned and Alice agree to watch his kids for the weekend. The twins actually can't wait to meet some new people and plan all the fun things they can do together. Jess is a little hesitant though because she doesn't really like hanging out with boys. While hiding out in their fort in the woods, they hear their mom calling because the boys are there. They almost immediately start pulling pranks on the twins. Jessica freaks out when she realizes that her stuffed bear, the one she always sleeps with, is missing. After searching the whole house, the boys tell them that they stuck it in their parents' car and that the bear is now on a trip. The guys also replace the sugar bowl with salt, which leads to Liz and Steven putting salt in their lemonade. To get back at them, the g...