Wedding Day Disaster

Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #17

by Carolyn Keene, Macky Pamintuan (Illustrator)

Piece of cake!

Nancy's cousin is getting married, and Nancy is the flower girl. She can't wait to see the butter crème de le crème wedding cake! Bess and George have the special job of rolling out the cake. But a wedding day disaster strikes when Bess and George bring out the cake and Nancy notices that a slice is missing. Who would want to ruin it?

The crew begins to wonder if the culprit is Kendall, the bride's neighbor. But when the clues point to another guest, Nancy is worried. Will this culprit get to have his cake and eat it too?

Genres: Mystery, Childrens, Chapter Books, Novels, Detective, Middle Grade

96 pages, Paperback

First published November 4, 2008

About the author

Carolyn 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 In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.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.

Reviews

[Liesel · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nancy Drew is a series of mysteries. It is interesting how they figure out this one.

[Sara · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter loved this. A slice of wedding cake is missing and our beloved clue crew is on the case. I grew up on Nancy Drew mysteries, but I had never read one of these. And they were definitely for a younger crowd than the books I originally read, but I like that I can introduce Nancy to my daughter. She was very intrigued by the mystery and followed along pretty well. My daughter is only 5, so some of it went over her head (yes, these books are for older kids, I just read it aloud to her because I have always read bigger books to her). We’ve already picked out the next one to read.

[Chloe (Always Booked) · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. This was a cute story but not my favorite in the series. The girls are helping with a wedding and the cake gets ruined. The baker is a super bougie french guy and the girls have to figure out whodunnit.

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another cute book in this adorable series!

[Kelly Choy · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorites! Ending is unique and much more thought out :D

[Jenny · Rating 3 out of 5]

We are huge Clue Crew fans in my house but this one should come with a warning for fatphobia and gross diet culture speak.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

We are working our way through the Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew series, although it's been a bit slow. Still, we're more than halfway through. So when we finish, I think we'll be more than ready for the original series.

This story was interesting, but I think I am tiring of the series (and we are only about halfway through). The mystery was a bit harder to solve than some of the others and it was a bit weird overall. Still, our girls like these books and we will certainly read more.

[Emmahylton · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this book was amazing. I liked it because it had a very good moral. It also had a wedding in it and I love weddings. I liked when they were hiding behind the fridge to find a suspect. Wait, what was the suspect for, read the book to find out. I really liked it because it taught you to always be honest. And if you lie it will always find you. So kids don't lie.

[Meagan · Rating 4 out of 5]

good book

[Talia · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book makes weddings even more awesome the mystery is a price of cake or is it? Find out more in wedding day disaster

[Erin S · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nancy Drew is really excited about being a flower girl but when the wedding cake gets rolled out does her excitment shatter?

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought it was funny how Mr.kernkraut was on a diet and ate cream cheese w/ crackers.
I also thought that being in a wedding could be a horrible suprise.

[Aafreen Siddiqui · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is really nice and mysterious to read

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good.

[Lauryn Lever]

you think that it is easy to with a wedding. but no not at all for the clue crew.