Nancy Drew 58: The Flying Saucer Mystery [Hardcover]

Carolyn Keene (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 21, 2005 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Nancy Drew (Book 58)

When Nancy and her friends ride deep into the Sawniegunk Forest in search of a flying saucer, they find themselves in the middle of more than one mystery. Wildcats, runaway horses, deadly snakes, and a disappearing Indian keep the sleuths tangled in danger and suspense.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap (April 21, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0448436892
• ISBN-13: 978-0448436890
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #52,246 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #21 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators, A-Z > ( K ) > Keene, Carolyn

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Laughable, July 6, 2005

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Purity (Midwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nancy Drew 58: The Flying Saucer Mystery (Hardcover)

Nancy, Bess, George, and their respective boyfriends, Ned Nickerson, Dave Evans, and Burt Eddleton, head off for a camping trip on Shawniegunk Mountain, where Nancy hopes to catch sight of a rumored UFO. Along the way, the three couples, accompanied by their chaperones and trail guides, Hal and Jan Drake, run into enough trouble (including Indians, runaway horses, snakebites, and forest fires) to do in an entire wagon train. Nancy, undeterred, gets her hoped for sighting of the UFO as well as a bonus mystery in the form of an old man's hidden treasure.

This book had no substance and no point - in addition to an already laughable premise. Some publisher out there should be very ashamed of himself.

2.0 out of 5 stars Under my expectations, November 21, 2010

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karen "The end of all learning is to know God... - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nancy Drew 58: The Flying Saucer Mystery (Hardcover)

Almost all of the Nancy Drew books I have read have been really good, but this one does NOT make the cut. There is practically no plot and hardly a mystery at all. The other Nancy Drew books are realistic and fun, but I think this one belongs in the sci-fi section. But if you like that stuff, go ahead.

P.S. The best Nancy Drew's are the original ones: #56 and under.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars So Bad, It's Good, July 16, 2009

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S. Hanna (Boston, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nancy Drew 58: The Flying Saucer Mystery (Hardcover)

This is a very strange book. Nancy and her friends head off on a camping trip to solve the mystery of a disappearing UFO. This on its own is enough to make this a weird read, but there is more. The book is muddled with too many subplots and packed with odd scenes - bordering on sci-fi - not typical of Nancy Drew, including a two-chapter-long, really strange dream. Add a long-lost relative, and it's laughably bad.

The upside of this book is that it's fun to laugh over the unpredictable plot twists and unlikely scenarios. But if you expect a traditional Nancy Drew, pick another one in the series.