The Secret of the Forgotten City (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 52) [Hardcover]

Carolyn Keene (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Nancy Drew

Nancy and her friends become involved in a search for lost treasure.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap; First Edition edition (January 1, 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0448095521
• ISBN-13: 978-0448095523
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #518,961 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #90 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators, A-Z > ( K ) > Keene, Carolyn

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.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Secret of the Forgotten City, December 15, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: The Secret of the Forgotten City (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 52) (Hardcover)

Nancy Drew is a young detective. Nancy usually helps her father, Carson Drew, with his cases. Nancy's mystery all starts when she heard rumors that long ago there was a treasure hidden in a city that is now buried under the Nevada Desert. Nancy and her friends, Bess, George, Ned, Burt, and Dave, plan to join a dig sponsored by two colleges to hunt for the gold. Before Nancy starts, she receives an ancient tablet with petroglyphs carved on it. But with the clue from the tablet, a thief also wants the treasure and brings threat and danger to Nancy and her friends.

One stressful adventure after another overwhelmed Nancy and her friends in 102-degree temperature as they follow Nancy's guesses above and below ground. They are assisted by a Indian woman and a young geology student. In the end Nancy and Ned almost lose their lives, just after Nancy has discovered the precious hidden treasure of gold under the Nevada Desert.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the Best in the Series, August 8, 2005

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W. Ryals (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Secret of the Forgotten City (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 52) (Hardcover)

Like many of the Drew books near the end of this series ,they are a bit boring.This books starts off slow but picks up by the end.I found Nancy and her friends disrespect for human remains disturbing.I could not believe that a writer would think that would even be funny.Most of the book was just so out there.Who would let teens paste together a rare clay sculpture.Wouldnt you wait and have someone with years of experience do this?

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nancy Does Everything, July 12, 2006

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Lucie Peek "LJP" (SBI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Secret of the Forgotten City (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 52) (Hardcover)

Some people may be turned off by the fact that Nancy Drew is the perfect human being, who can literally do anything needed to solve her mysteries, but I've been enjoying her series since I was six. I'm now 24 and I still enjoy sitting down on a rainy day with a Nancy Drew mystery.
The Secret of the Forgotten City has a similar plot line to some of the other books in the series, but it's still a good read. I still enjoy seeing Nancy, Bess, George and their boys solve a case. This is no different.