The Thirteenth Pearl (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 56) [Hardcover]

Carolyn Keene (Author)

Book Description

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

Asked to locate a stolen necklace of unusual value, Nancy soon discovers that strange and dangerous people are responsible for the theft.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap (June 1, 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0448095564
• ISBN-13: 978-0448095561
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #422,240 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #93 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Authors & Illustrators, A-Z > ( K ) > Keene, Carolyn

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nancy Drew not a bad series !!, September 13, 2001

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A 10-year old reader (St. Charles, MO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Thirteenth Pearl (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 56) (Hardcover)

This is a great Nancy Drew, but not the best. As reviews show Nancy Drew books may be old but are still being printed and are selling strong. The kids at my school lirbary race to see who gets to the Nancy Drew section first. I like Carolyn Keene because she doesn't write freaky mysteries, she writes ones that are real sounding and don't keep you up at night.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It should have been longer..., May 22, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Thirteenth Pearl (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 56) (Hardcover)

When a pearl is stolen from a local jeweler named Mr.Moto, Nacy Drew is asked to locate the item and bring it back. Her case leads her to Japan where she stays with relatives of Mr.Moto.

Nancy goes through perilous situations just to find the pearl. She disguises herself as a Tokyo girla and starts picking up clues. Will Nancy be able to solve the mystery or is it too complex?

The book was okay in it's own sense. But I think there should have been more to the story. Such as near the end where they find the thieves. The whole thing going on there should have been expalined more. It left me out in the dark a little. For some reason I just felt somthing was missing. Although the setting in Japan was quite interesting.

I reccomend this book to Nancy Drew fans because it is the last one of the original(this is not the original book though) series.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not my favorite, July 13, 2006

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

This review is from: The Thirteenth Pearl (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 56) (Hardcover)

I love Nancy Drew. I've been a collector since an aunt started giving me two books in the series for every Christmas. Then I started buying them on my own - trying to get them all in order. The 13th Pearl is the last book in the original series, so it took me a little while to get all the way up to this one. You know how on the back of the yellow hardcover books it says something along the lines of "From the very first Secret of the Old Clock all the way to the haunting mystery of The Thirteenth Pearl, follow Nancy as...." etc.? I was so excited thinking that the 13th pearl had something to do with supernatural experiences or something along those lines and boy was I disappointed to find out that the 13th Pearl is not haunting at all! It's just a jewel heist! Good story, but quite a letdown when I thought it was going to be some great haunted house plot. Oh well, I'll just read "The Ghost of Blackwood Hall" or "The Haunted Bridge" to get my fill of hauntings.