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Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #34
Cupcake Chaos
Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew are out to find a cupcake culprit! Spring has sprung in River Heights, along with a brand-new cupcake café! The Lucky Ladybug, run by twin bakers and celebrities Gwendolyn and Carolyn Porter, is the talk of the town. Nancy, Bess, and George can’t wait to taste some of the delicious cupcakes! But on the day of the opening, the ceremony—and the cupcakes—are ruined by hundreds of live ladybugs that invade the store. It’s up to Nancy and the Clue Crew to get to the bottom of this cupcake disaster before the Lucky Lady Bug Cupcake Café has to close for good!
96 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2013
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Carolyn Keene
1,066 books3,940 followersCarolyn Keene is a writer pen name that was used by many different people- both men and women- over the years. The company that was the creator of the Nancy Drew series, the Stratemeyer Syndicate, hired a variety of writers. For Nancy Drew, the writers used the pseudonym Carolyn Keene to assure anonymity of the creator.
Edna and Harriet Stratemeyer inherited the company from their father Edward Stratemeyer. Edna contributed 10 plot outlines before passing the reins to her sister Harriet. It was Mildred Benson (aka: Mildred A. Wirt), who breathed such a feisty spirit into Nancy's character. Mildred wrote 23 of the original 30 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories®, including the first three. It was her characterization that helped make Nancy an instant hit. The Stratemeyer Syndicate's devotion to the series over the years under the reins of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams helped to keep the series alive and on store shelves for each succeeding generation of girls and boys. In 1959, Harriet, along with several writers, began a 25-year project to revise the earlier Carolyn Keene novels. The Nancy Drew books were condensed, racial stereotypes were removed, and the language was updated. In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.
Other writers of Nancy Drew volumes include Harriet herself, she wrote most of the series after Mildred quit writing for the Syndicate and in 1959 began a revision of the first 34 texts. The role of the writer of "Carolyn Keene" passed temporarily to Walter Karig who wrote three novels during the Great Depression. Also contributing to Nancy Drew's prolific existence were Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Nancy Axelrod, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr., and Margaret Scherf.
Edna and Harriet Stratemeyer inherited the company from their father Edward Stratemeyer. Edna contributed 10 plot outlines before passing the reins to her sister Harriet. It was Mildred Benson (aka: Mildred A. Wirt), who breathed such a feisty spirit into Nancy's character. Mildred wrote 23 of the original 30 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories®, including the first three. It was her characterization that helped make Nancy an instant hit. The Stratemeyer Syndicate's devotion to the series over the years under the reins of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams helped to keep the series alive and on store shelves for each succeeding generation of girls and boys. In 1959, Harriet, along with several writers, began a 25-year project to revise the earlier Carolyn Keene novels. The Nancy Drew books were condensed, racial stereotypes were removed, and the language was updated. In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.
Other writers of Nancy Drew volumes include Harriet herself, she wrote most of the series after Mildred quit writing for the Syndicate and in 1959 began a revision of the first 34 texts. The role of the writer of "Carolyn Keene" passed temporarily to Walter Karig who wrote three novels during the Great Depression. Also contributing to Nancy Drew's prolific existence were Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Nancy Axelrod, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr., and Margaret Scherf.
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July 18, 2020
If I could give this book 0 star I would have gave it .... I always love Nancy drew books I wanted to expense in this series but in this books the adult were stupid it's annoying as hell ... How the mayor started sweating just when the kids ask the simplest question ever it's so so annoying and it's so competitive in this book every adult character have done the same stupid things that makes the story so idiotic and childsh
April 10, 2025
3.5 stars. We took a little break from the series and then came back and it was nice to be away for a minute. In this one, there is a new Lucky Ladybug Cupcake Cafe (read that aloud 2935 times!) opening and at the grand opening someone let loose HUNDREDS of ladybugs. Whodunnit!? Again this one was an unfortunate situation without malicious intent so that was good. These are quick, easy reads, but 40 books is a lot!
July 5, 2019
Once again, adorable!
March 17, 2021
Another cute one!
August 24, 2022
So cute
July 5, 2013
Cupcake Chaos follows Nancy Drew and her friends George and Bess. They try to figure out who put ladybugs in the cupcakes at the The Lucky Ladybug (the new cupcake café), which is run by twin bakers Gwendolyn and Carolyn.
I read this book with my 7 year old niece who loves this series.
She thought that the book was funny and liked it very much.
There were definitely some very funny parts. And it is great to see Nancy Drew again, but targeted to younger readers.
I was a bit iffy on the actual mystery. But I think that kids who've read this series will most likely enjoy it.
March 5, 2015
i liked this book a little bit because these girls were bored so they wanted to go on a hunt for a speical cupcake . and i didnot like the book because they were in their back yard with a cupcake on a table.
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