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The Nancy Drew Files #109: Love Notes (1995)

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Nancy and Bess are off on the most exciting vacation ever. Nah, I'm just messing with you. They're actually staying with a friend of Carson, Nancy's dad, and going to a music festival. Not something cool like Woodstock, but a symphony festival with a pianist competition. Thrills and chills, right? The day after arriving, they decide that horseback riding seems fun and stop by the first stable they see. Conveniently, it's also Keiko and Ted, two of the three remaining competitors are riding. They meet up, Ted instantly falls for Ms. Drew, and they decide to go riding together. While away from the pack, they hear a scream and rush to find Keiko laying on the ground and holding her arm. She tells them that she accidentally fell off her horse, and Ted agrees to rush and find a doctor. The doctor says she sprained her wrist but needs medical attention, so Ted takes her into town. Nancy find proof that someone placed burrs under the saddle to aggravate the ho

The Nancy Drew Files #5: Hit and Run Holiday (1986)

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Nancy, George, and Bess are off to Fort Lauderdale for spring break. Bess can't wait to hit the beach and check out the hot guys, but Nancy promised her friend Kim's mom that she would check on the girl. Kim was supposed to come home the week before but called at the last minute to say she wanted to stay an extra week. And the hotel actually had a room for her during the busiest time of the year? Bess and George immediately head to the beach, while Nancy goes to Kim's room. She hears her talking to someone on the phone in a panic and agreeing to meet them right away. Kim rushes out of her room, sees Nancy, and agrees to talk to her later, much later before rushing off. Nancy runs to follow her, loses her sandal, and when she catches up, she sees a car come out of nowhere and hit Kim head on. Though there were lots of people around, everyone swears they saw nothing. The cops who arrive say it's because most of them are illegal aliens and too afraid to co

Nancy Drew on Campus #13: Campus Exposures

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Man, after reading this book, I have no clue why I thought they were so good as a teenager. Nancy is running around campus when she sees Ned, which completely shocks her. See, this is the series where they decided to break up Ned and Nancy, so she has no idea why he's on her campus. Turns out that it's just some guy named Terry who looks a whole lot like Ned. He's the head of the film society on campus, and after she goes to a screening they host, he invites her to come back for a screening of the cult film Road to Nowhere . The son of the lead actress, one of the actors, and the DP will all be there too. The thing I strongly dislike about this book is that there are like 900 characters all with their own stories. George is now dating some guy named Will, and everyone thinks they are perfect together. She starts getting sick of him and worrying that they seem like an old married couple, even though they've only dated for a few months. Stephanie is a