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Sleepover Sleuths (Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #1)

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My daughter just started second grade and she is already on the third book in this series. They are funny, well written and perfect for her reading level (she reads at her grade level) I love that fact that she is getting an introduction to the Nancy Drew characters, as I loved this series when I was a girl and in a couple of years she can read all my old Nancy Drew books herself. I highly recommend this series.

This book is about a girl who invites Nancy to her house for a sleepover birthday party. The next morning the girl's favorite doll is gone, but she doesn't tell her parents. Then her Dad asks her to bring her doll to a tea party the next day. Can Nancy find the doll in time? Read the book to find out. This book is good for an 8-year-old because Nancy is eight years old in this book.

My daughter is a second grader and loves this series. She has read all the available ones. She can't put the book down till she has read the last page. It is addictive but great for little girls.

"Nancy Drew Clue Crew: Sleepover Sleuths"
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In her latest, 21st Century incarnation, girl detective Nancy Drew is a modern girl with computers and e-mail... She and her second-grader friends aren't old enough to have cell phones (yet) but they do collect a kind of super-fancy Barbie-esque doll, and when one of the fanciest dolls gets stolen during a sleepover... it's Nancy to the rescue! In this version, Nancy and her pals don't fight any criminals with guns, but stick mainly to their grade school environs, and a five-block radius around her house. The stakes are pretty low, dangerwise, and the story is not scary or grisly in any way, shape or form. Lots of female characters, some stereotypically "girly," and others with more varied interests (computers, science, etc.) although the series has a very Caucasian, upper-middle class orientation, overall. (All the characters in this first volume are white and affluent; one kid at school has an Asian surname, although we never meet her...) If the lack of diversity doesn't bother you, though, this is a good series for young readers -- reasonably engaging and not violent or upsetting in any way.

A nice bridge into longer fiction -- kid-friendly, and relevant to modern readers. (ReadThatAgain children's book reviews)

This was a great introduction to mysteries! A very fun case to solve and guess where the Hollywood Heather Doll was. I read this book with my 2nd grade class and they are helping me with the review! The 2nd graders thought the book was one of the best books they've read all year. A few thought it was the best book ever written in the world! They can't wait to read more books in the series. I hope they do and that these books help fuel their imagination over summer break.

I bought the first 7 books for my 5 and 6 year old girls. They can both read the books without much help. What I like about these books is that they provide a positive role model, they are really well written and they aren't about fairies. Not there there is anything wrong with fairies, but I was looking for something a little different for them to read. What my girls like about these books is trying to figure out the mystery. They read one chapter a night before bed and that seems to be just right for them. They look forward to discovering more clues each night.

My 8-yr-old recently discoverd Nancy Drew and mysteries and these younger editions of the ND series are fun and easy to read. The mystery themes are more age-appropriate and my daughter loves playing sleuth because of these books. I'm enjoying rediscovering one of my childhood heroines as well.

Simple story for young readers. Enjoyed the current story line and the younger Nancy Drew as a sleuth. Highly recommended for young girls ages 6-10!

I gave this to a 6 year old as her first Nancy Drew book and she loved it.

This is the first of the "junior" Nancy Drew books, for 7- to 9-year-old chapter book readers. In this first book, Nancy and the rest of her 3rd grade friends solve their first mystery (a missing doll) and decide to organize the Clue Crew.

Not as smoothly written as some of the later books in the series, but notable for establishing the groundwork for the rest.