Nancy Drew – Much-Loved Girl Detective
I developed the habit of reading books when I was a fifth grader. As a rule, we had to devote 30 minutes daily to read few pages of book assigned to us from the school library.
While browsing, I came across a series of Nancy Drew books. One of my classmates had read one before, so she goaded me to read a book about a young girl who is a detective. Girl detective sounded so interesting. So I picked up my first Nancy Drew book and got addicted from page one.
Nancy Drew created in 1930 by Edward Stratemeyer & Carolyn Keene, is a highly skilled amateur detective staying with her lawyer father at River Heights. She is brave, bold independent, yet gentle and well-mannered girl who could solve any mysteries with her sheer grit, determination and sharp wits. She would fight villains, face white water rapids while skiing and whip up full course meal for her father and friends.
She loves tinkering with the automobiles as well as cooking, horseback riding, dancing, sewing and athletics. Her companions in solving the whodunits were her steady boyfriend Ned, her best gal pals George and Bess with their respective male friends. The police and her father Carson Drew were ever ready to help with her cases. Despite having the best of everything, she remained unspoiled, polite and caring. She was given full respect by all kinds of readers.
I still remember the very first book I read. It was “The Secret of the Old Clock”. A chance meeting with a little Judy and her aunts leads Nancy to investigate other relatives who are waiting to possess Josiah Crowley’s fortune. A missing antique clock has a clue to the location of the genuine will. Nancy ends up in places where she could get caught and hurt. Through the exciting twists and turns, Nancy tries to find out the original will and who will get the money.
My little one who is just over a year old currently enjoys her first pictures, colors books. When she is old enough I plan to introduce her to Nancy Drew and various other genres of books. Meanwhile I will go to the library, pick up a Nancy Drew and join her in her adventure.
