The Riding Club Crime (Nancy Drew Digest, Book 172) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Carolyn Keene (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

#172 in the Nancy Drew series

Elsa, a friend of Nancy and George's and a counselor at Green Spring Pony Club's summer camp, invites the girls for a ride one afternoon. Along the way, Elsa gushes about how a team of campers will compete in a regional pony club rally. But Elsa's excitement quickly fades when Nancy's horse falls into a ditch, and it's clearly a case of sabotage.

(AR) For ages 8 through 12

Editorial Reviews

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Hardcover: 164 pages
• Publisher: Thorndike Press (October 2, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786258128
• ISBN-13: 978-0786258123
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,619,762 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

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Riding Club Crime, December 12, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Riding Club Crime (Nancy Drew Digest, Book 172) (Paperback)

I really liked this book. I liked how Nancy desguised herself as a counseler to solve the mystery.