Global Warning (Nancy Drew Graphic Novels: Girl Detective #8) [Paperback]

Stefan Petrucha (Author), Sho Murase (Illustrator)

Book Description

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

Nancy Drew battles the Abominable Snowman! It happens at a new Bio-Dome
facility in River Heights, where Nancy, Bess, and George get swept up in a mystery involving five different world environments encased within giant domes, animals and all. It's founded and funded by famed environmentalist billionaire, Cheri Goale. But before the Bio-Dome officially opens, Sasquatch appears within the Arctic dome creating havoc and endangering the future of the facility. Nancy Drew investigates, but is soon trapped within the dome with the legendary Bigfoot.

Note -- This storyline is tied into characters and events appearing in an
all-new, best-selling Nancy Drew PC game from Her Interactive.

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About the Author

Stefan Petrucha, script
Stefan Petrucha's been writing comics and novels for - whoa! A really, really long time. A lot of his stuff tends to be pretty scary, like Topp's X-Files comic, or his graphic novel, Kolchak: The Devil in the Details (which was nominated for a Stoker award in 2003!), but then again he's also written over 150 Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck comics for Egmont Publishing in Denmark. He's also signed a four book deal with Penguin's new teen imprint, Razorbill, to revive his incredibly cool comic creation, Squalor, in novel form. He lives in Westchester County, NY with his two daughters, Maia and Margo (both of whom he hopes will be reading these Nancy Drew graphic novels), and his wife and fellow writer, Sarah.

Sho (Sei) Murase, Illustration
Sho is half Japanese and half Korean but her first language is Spanish because she grew up in Spain. She moved from Europe to Vancouver and from Vancouver to Maverix Studios in California, where she works in animation and draws comics that won't leave her enough time to sleep. She is the author of "Sei, Death and Legend" published by Image Comics and is currently also working on her own graphic novel series "ME2" for Tokyopop.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Papercutz (March 6, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1597070513
• ISBN-13: 978-1597070515
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,321,579 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stefan Petrucha has written twenty novels and scores of graphic novels. His most recent work includes the parody Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring, the vampire novel Blood Prophecy, and the nonfiction Paranormal State: My Journey into the Unknown. He does not want to tell you where he lives. Gragg and Petrucha are co-authors of What the (Active Verb) Is Wrong with the Right?: A Fill-in-the-Blanks Game for the Rest of Us.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Eco-Hazard..., June 3, 2011

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This review is from: Global Warning (Nancy Drew Graphic Novels: Girl Detective #8) (Paperback)

"Global Warning" is installment #8 in the graphic novel series featuring Nancy Drew, girl detective. The series updates the popular novels by Carolyn Keene, reimagining teenagers Nancy Drew, best friends Bess and George, and father Carson Drew into 21st Century River Heights.

As the story opens, Nancy, Bess, and George are on a sort of scavenger hunt in the newly opened Bio-Dome Eco-Park of River Heights. Unfortunately, the hunting of clues starts to get dangerous when the bio-domes malfunction, and the girls are put at risk by dangerous animals who shouldn't be present in the park.

Nancy will have no lack of suspects and clues to follow, but it will take a dramatic confrontation in the Arctic Dome to provide the answer. The question then becomes, can Nancy and her friends survive a melt-down long enough to get to the police?

"Global Warning" is a topical story that calls for Nancy to do some real detecting. It is highly recommended to the latest generation of Nancy Drew fans.

3.0 out of 5 stars Global Warning, August 13, 2010

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while a good mystery it isn't as good as some of the other Nancy Drew stories. This case Nancy's school mates are in a series of bio domes on a field trip. While trying to locate certain animals by the riddles the teacher gives her, Nancy find there are animals that shouldn't be there. Namely a Big foot type creature. Nancy has to discover what the connection is between the Big foot and the sabotage that been happening to the domes before the roofs cave in around her.