The Clue of the Broken Locket (Nancy Drew, Book 11) [Hardcover]

Carolyn Keene (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up

Nancyís sympathy for adopted twin babies leads her into a surprising mystery.

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About the Author

Carolyn Keene is the author of the ever-popular Nancy Drew (All New) Girl Detective and Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew series.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 228 pages
• Publisher: Applewood Books; Facsimile edition (October 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 155709165X
• ISBN-13: 978-1557091659
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #177,431 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Carolyn Keene and Franklin W. Dixon are the pseudonyms under which many ghostwriters penned the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series, respectively. Both series were created by Edward Stratemeyer, founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate book packaging firm, in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Stratemeyer's daughter, Harriet, and syndicate writer Mildred Wirt Benson were the two people primarily responsible for bringing the iconic character of Nancy Drew to life in the minds and hearts of millions of readers around the world.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Love the Nancy Drew books!, March 5, 2000

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Sarah Browne "Sarah Browne" (Sausalito CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Clue of the Broken Locket (Nancy Drew, Book 11) (Hardcover)

The Nancy Drew books are all really great. But this one really caught my eye. It's about Nancy, Bess, and George going to meet Cecily, and trying to solve a ghost mystery. They figure out more of Cecily's past and solve the mystery about the mysterious boat. If you want a really great book, read this one and Carolyn Keene's other fantastic Nancy Drew mysteries. (The old ones are better than the new ones, though. Bugt they are also really good.)

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, June 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Clue of the Broken Locket (Nancy Drew, Book 11) (Hardcover)

The key of the broken locket is my favorite mystery book because there is so much suspence, which I love. I recomend this book to sixth graders, who love mysteries, mostly because it's amazing and surprising. I'm sure that anyone who reads this book will enjoy it, because it's really for any age. **Natalie**

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A surprising twist, August 20, 2004

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Kevin Killian (San Francisco, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Clue of the Broken Locket (Nancy Drew, Book 11) (Hardcover)

Just when you think you've got this one figured out, Carolyn Keene pulls the carpet out from under your feet.

I write about the original version which was written seventy years ago. The other version just isn't that good.

Nancy tries to figure out who is responsible for giving birth to the two babies adopted by the Blairs, a wealthy couple very much involved in the arts (she is a famous actress adored by all her fans and everyone in River Heights is thrilled to death that she is living among them, while her husband is an erudite director on the model of Erich Von Stroheim). The babies though, were not only adopted but practically stolen from a young desperate mother of twins who took a locket and broke it in half to be able to prove the maternity of her two beloved babies. This book will shock you down to your soul with its revelations of the way some people just adopt babies for "show." I wonder if Joan Crawford had the chance to read this book in the 1930s and that's where she came up with the idea of adopting the twins in real life! If so, she probably was very sorry eventually. Was there a broken locket in the Crawford case as well?