The Mystery of the Fire Dragon (Nancy Drew #38) [Hardcover]

Carolyn Keene (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1961 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up

For cliffhanging suspense and thrilling action read THE NANCY DREW MYSTERY STORIES-the worlds most popular mystery series for young readers! Millions of fans have matched wits with Nancy Drew, helping her solve more than fifty baffling cases.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap; First Edition edition (January 1, 1961)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0448095386
• ISBN-13: 978-0448095387
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #497,264 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

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My First Nancy Drew and it Drew me in!!!, May 19, 2002

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Kendrik Lau (New York City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mystery of the Fire Dragon (Nancy Drew #38) (Hardcover)

"Mystery of the Fire Dragon" was the very first entire Nancy Drew book I have read in its entirety, and I became a fan and tried to get my hands on every Nancy Drew book I can (courtesy of the school and local library)since.

The plot is Nancy's aunt had a pair of new neighbors who moved in her building. They were an elder chinese man and his grown daughter Chi Che. Chi Che went missing one day and in an effort to track her down, Nancy (the redhead) and her two constant companions Bess (the blonde) and George (the brunette) stumbled upon a smuggling ring. The action eventually took them to Hong Kong....not before someone threw a flowerpot at Nancy, Bess was abducted, Aunt Heloise' oven exploded, and George have to undergo Oriental drag. And oh yes....Nancy's hot beau Ned Nickerson is revealed to be able to speak Chinese. How convenient.

Overall, this is one of the better Nancy Drew mysteries... considering that this book was written in the 1950s/60s, its depiction of its Asian characters are surprisingly non stereotypical; none of them acted like buffoons or know karate. Which is very refreshing.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fire dragon, August 21, 2000

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Mystery of the Fire Dragon (Nancy Drew #38) (Hardcover)

this time nancy goes to china to solve a smuggling case. like all others this is a great mystery!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars read it in two days!, April 8, 2011

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adele1616 - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mystery of the Fire Dragon (Nancy Drew #38) (Hardcover)

I think this is a very exciting book. It has many names you have to remember but is is easy once you start and get the hang of it. It only took me two days to read it! very interesting book.