Carolyn Keene

Nancy tackles two interesting mysteries for Cecily, a friend she just met. One involves Cecily's fiancé and the other a family treasure.

Nancy Drew 11: The Clue Of The Broken Lo

Nancy Drew's sympathy for adopted twin babies leads her into a surprising mystery. Here is a reproduction of the original book, just as it was originally published in 1934. Illustrations.

The Clue of the Broken Locket

The first read through is of the original text. The second read through is of the revised text. 

Milea Webb

Sarah Sammis

My library mostly has copies of the re-written versions of the Nancy Drew series from the 1950s and 1960s. So when I saw a reprint of the original text (obvious from the reproduced cover art) I had to grab it to see what an unaltered Nancy Drew is like. The one I read was The Clue of the Broken Heart which is the 11th in the series.

The story begins in media res. Nancy's father is working on the adoption of twin babies by a celebrity couple. Just after the deed is done a note surfaces begging the adoption process to be stopped. Nancy decides to investigate into the twins' background. Her only clues are a leaky boat, a broken locket and a newspaper.

The Clue of the Broken Locket falls into the category of "parents these days." Clearly the author (which ever one was taking the pen as Carolyn Keene for this volume) was anti adoption and anti wealth. The adoptive parents are horrible from the very get-go.

Ignoring the horrendous parents, there is a well crafted mystery. Those initial clues combined with some leg work by Nancy and her friend turn up a series of leads that come back together for a happy ending.

Chantale

I remember reading a bunch of Nancy Drew books when I was a kid and I loved them back then. I saw that this one was on KU so decided to grab it and read it .
Ofcourse the story is old and I am not sure how kids these days would enjoy the old Nancy Drew books but personally I enjoyed it. It was a refreshingly quick and easy read. Now I want to read all the old series.

Nancy Drew 11: The Clue Of The Broken Lo

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