The Clue of the Black Keys (Nancy Drew #28) [Hardcover]

Carolyn Keene (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

Terry Scott, a young archaeology professor, seeks Nancy's help in unearthing a secret of antiquity which can be unlocked by three black keys. While on an archaeological expedition in Mexico, terry and Dr. Joshua Pitt came across a clue to the buried treasure. The clue was a cipher carved on a stone tablet.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap (January 1, 1968)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0448095289
• ISBN-13: 978-0448095288
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #103,939 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #34 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators, A-Z > ( K ) > Keene, Carolyn

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Clue of the Black Keys( Nancy Drew mystery), September 20, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Clue of the Black Keys (Nancy Drew #28) (Hardcover)

This book was good because when I got into the book, I coudn't put the book down. It's about Nancy Drew and her finding this black key to a set of keys, and the one she has opens a trunk of jewels and valueables. But the trunk is in cuba. The villians , a tricky gang of thieves,will do anything to get the key.They will harrase,kidnap, and fight to get the key. Find out how Nancy and her friends outsmart those evil gang members.And how Nancy saves the treasures, and how she saves the life of a young Cubain boy, in the thrilling, suspensful book by Carolyn Kien, "The Clue of the Black Keys".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nancy, July 13, 2006

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Lucie Peek "LJP" (SBI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Clue of the Black Keys (Nancy Drew #28) (Hardcover)

I rate this book 5 stars because I am a ND collector and I love each of the books in the series, but this is one that I don't put on my list of favorites. Because the original series was rewritten and updated in the 60's, some of the plots are suspiciously similar. The Clue of the Black Keys is one of several in the series where the villians are a married couple with sinister plans working for another person that Nancy's father put in jail...et cetera. The story itself is intriguing but because it's so similar to some of the other stories, it's not one of the best.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An Intriguing And Exciting Mystery, July 20, 2003

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J. Thiel "jtthiel" (Nova Scotia, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Clue of the Black Keys (Nancy Drew #28) (Hardcover)

This review concerns the original 1951 edition. Nancy is approached by a young college professor who tells her about a treasure that he and some other professors were searching for in Mexico. They had found a stone tablet which they believed would help them locate the treasure, but before they could translate it, the tablet vanished along with one of the professors. Did he steal the tablet or was he kidnapped? Nancy is asked to help find the missing professor and the tablet and to guard a valuable, black, half key which together with another 2 1/2 similar keys would unlock the treasure. This is probably one of the 10 best Nancy Drew books. The mystery, though a little implausible, is quite interesting. The book has a lot of action and suspence and was well-written. I was hooked from beginning to end. This is a very good book and every Nancy Drew fan should have this one in their collection.