The Snowman Surprise (Nancy Drew Notebooks #63) [Paperback]

Carolyn Keene (Author), Paul Casale (Illustrator), Michael Frost (Illustrator)

Book Description

Freeze! This is Nancy's coldest mystery yet!

It's winter break, and Nancy, George, and Bess can hardly wait for Sunday. That's the day of the big snow festival in town. This year the girls are entering the snow sculpture contest. They already know what they are making, too: They are going to build swans from the ballet Swan Lake!

Nancy and her friends only have three days to make the most fantastic sculpture they can. But when someone begins wrecking their statues each night, the girls worry that they'll never finish in time. Will Nancy and her friends put the freeze on this sneak in the snow, or will their chances of winning the competition melt away?

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About the Author

Carolyn Keene is the author of the ever-popular Nancy Drew (All New) Girl Detective and Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew series.

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Aladdin; Original edition (November 30, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689874111
• ISBN-13: 978-0689874116
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.3 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,279,995 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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Who could be so mean?, January 15, 2008

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J. Arena (Williamsburg, VA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Snowman Surprise (Nancy Drew Notebooks #63) (Paperback)

The big snow festival is on in River Heights, and Nancy, Bess and George are going to create the most fantastic snow sculptures in a big competition. After discussing lots of ideas, they decide on a theme of Swan Lake. It sure was their own original plan, but they've been accused of stealing it!

Now their best efforts are being trashed every night, and it seems like they'll never be able to complete their entry in time for the judging.

It's time for Nancy Drew to get out her trusty blue notebook and examine every clue before all is lost.

The Snowman Surprise is a fun read for young mystery fans, and is sure to stimulate further adventures in literature.

4.0 out of 5 stars We figured it out!, December 11, 2006

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Michelle Kehn (Myersville, MD United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Snowman Surprise (Nancy Drew Notebooks #63) (Paperback)

I am transcribing the following for my 8 year old daughter......

This is my third of the Nancy Drew Notebooks. This particular story is not totally awesome, but still worth reading. I had it figured out before the end. If you like ballet, you will certainly like this book. Who is ruining the girls' Swan Lake snow sculpture? You'll find out by reading this book.