New Lives, New Loves (Nancy Drew on Campus #1) [Mass Market Paperback]

Carolyn Keene (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1995

Nancy, Bess and George have set off on their greatest adventure: life in a coed dorm in their first semester at Wilder University. It's a world of new friends and new feelings, new hopes and heartbreaks-a world away from River Heights.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 12 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse; First Edition edition (September 1, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671527371
• ISBN-13: 978-0671527372
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #138,109 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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Major Disappointment, April 15, 2002

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Jessica (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: New Lives, New Loves (Nancy Drew on Campus #1) (Mass Market Paperback)

... I was thrilled with the vocabulary levels, plot devices, and character depictions in the original series (I read #3, "The Bungalow Mystery"), and fairly impressed also with the "Nancy Drew Files". However, the "On Campus" series is a travesty. It is a sensationalized,... and dumbed-down version of a classic series. ...

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars finally a cure for the common Sweet Valley U stupidness, January 7, 1999

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This review is from: New Lives, New Loves (Nancy Drew on Campus #1) (Mass Market Paperback)

This was truly a great series and I was sorry to learn that it would no longer be coming out monthly. Nancy had always been so fake, so good, and perfect in the originals. I liked them for the mystery, but realism seriously lacked. This college series is so realstic and I love it. I don't mind that Nancy is ignoring Ned. He has to realize that things change, as does Bess.

Plus, this is one of the best college series' I ever read. Unlike the Sweet Valley University's, these are realistic. There characters are flawed, too emotional, can be pesty. They are just like every other person I know in real life. The writer doesn't try to justify their actions: they're human.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Uh-uh!!, March 27, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: New Lives, New Loves (Nancy Drew on Campus #1) (Mass Market Paperback)

I purchased this book, thinking that it would be as good as the originals- and I was wrong. This (no offense, anybody, I just don't like it) trashes Nancy and Ned's relationship- I consider it downright stupid. For those of you who want Nancy and Ned to stay together, don't bother with this one.