Nancy Drew: The Haunted Carousel Hints

Who is Nancy Drew?

• In 1930, an American heroine was born -- a teenage detective named Nancy Drew.  In the nearly seven decades that have since passed, Nancy has matured from sixteen to eighteen years old while solving over 350 mysteries.  For many of her readers, Nancy Drew could achieve it all.  She braved white-water rapids in a sinking canoe on one page and whipped up a gourmet meal on the next.  Living in River Heights with her father Carson Drew, a successful criminal attorney, Nancy Drew was wealthy yet not afraid to get her hands dirty.  She could solve any mystery in 180 pages, with pluck, determination, and sharp wits.
  
  Nancy has an inherent talent for auto mechanics as well as cooking, horseback riding, dancing, sewing and athletics.  She is brave, confident and daring but also polite, caring, sensitive and kind.  In addition, she is a thoughtful daughter, always keeping her father informed of her activities.
  
  Nancy's mother died when she was just three years old.  This circumstance provides her with an essential element of her appeal -- her freedom from parental supervision.  Nancy can investigate an abandoned mansion in the middle of the night without fear of getting grounded.  With the full permission of her indulgent father, Nancy hops into her blue roadster or Mustang convertible and drives right into the shadowy underworld of crime.  And when the day's work is done, she returns home to her lovely brick colonial house where she lives with her often-absent father and their full-time housekeeper, Hannah Gruen.
  
  In her personal life, you won't catch Nancy Drew passing on a whodunit to spend more quality-time with her steady boyfriend Ned Nickerson.  Nancy's truelove is criminal hunting.  Her girlfriends, Bess Marvin and George Fayne, who couldn't be more different in personality, are alike in their willingness to pitch in on Nancy's investigations whenever they're needed.
  
  Despite her privileged lifestyle and accommodating friends and family, Nancy remains unspoiled.  Never rude, even to the surliest criminal, Nancy emerges from stressful situations with her manners intact.  Adults generally return the behavior, treating Nancy with all the deference and respect that any reader could wish.  The police, in particular, are almost always willing to help out the young detective.  With Nancy Drew in town, the police don't bother to compete.  They have faith that she knows her stuff.  And as readers can attest, they're absolutely right!
  
  (Used by permission of MysteryNet, http://www.mysterynet.com/nancydrew)  Nancy Drew books are available at your local library.

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