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Nancy Drew: Notebooks #5
The Soccer Shoe Clue
Kick! Splat! Yuck!
Who let the air out of the soccer ball? WHo added salt to the water on the sidelines? Who put the red glop in the goalie's soccer shoes?
It's gooey. It's gross. It's not fair. Soccer is supposed to be a kick. But somebody's being a drag. Nancy Drew wants to know who's playing the silly games with her third grade soccer team!
Who let the air out of the soccer ball? WHo added salt to the water on the sidelines? Who put the red glop in the goalie's soccer shoes?
It's gooey. It's gross. It's not fair. Soccer is supposed to be a kick. But somebody's being a drag. Nancy Drew wants to know who's playing the silly games with her third grade soccer team!
80 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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About the author
Carolyn Keene
1,068 books3,941 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 In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.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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November 15, 2024
Cute as always.
August 19, 2017
love these there awesome
October 3, 2024
Re-reading books from when I was a kid. This was cute.
September 3, 2021
The Soccer Shoe Clue by Carolyn Keene
Series: yes Nancy Drew Notebooks
Format: Softcover
Stars: 3
Recommend: Yes
Would Reread: No
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Series: yes Nancy Drew Notebooks
Format: Softcover
Stars: 3
Recommend: Yes
Would Reread: No
I give honest reviews and all my opinions are my own.
For more of my reviews go to Heavenly High Seas Books
https://heavenlyhighseasbooks.blogspo...
April 2, 2017
I hadn't read a Nancy Drew Notebook before this summer, so I checked this one out first because it has soccer/football in it. ♥ Loved it! Good and realistic with Nancy, George, Bess, Hannah, and Carson Drew. The well-written mystery was intriguing by finding clues and trying to figure out from the various suspects who might be the saboteur with motives and opportunities. The soccer/football is well-done. I really enjoyed the book and how it worked out. I'll definitely want to re-read it. And I'm trying others in the series, also. I think all Nancy Drew fans would enjoy this book. It has humor, mystery, good pace, and the author wrote the characters right. Very important to me! Read my whole review at Hardy and Drew Mysteries.
January 18, 2016
There's a major rift between Bess and George in this story as Bess thinks that George has lost a locket that meant a lot to Bess. Nancy wants to find out what happened but it's hard to do that when her two best friends are feuding.
Nancy does her usual thing by making a list of suspects who could have taken the locket on purpose. What happens, though, when no one knows about the locket outside the group and no one sees the locket outside the group?
Nancy does her usual thing by making a list of suspects who could have taken the locket on purpose. What happens, though, when no one knows about the locket outside the group and no one sees the locket outside the group?
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December 4, 2008I have this book, I've never read it thought, I really want to!
It sounds good!
It sounds good!
June 30, 2014
I would just tell the coach that I wanted to play!!!!
February 25, 2014
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