Nancy Drew 02: the Hidden Staircase

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Carolyn Keene

Nancy Drew and The Hidden Staircase hits the big screen in March of 2019! Read the classic book that inspired the movie! After receiving a call from her friend Helen Corning, Nancy agrees to help solve a baffling mystery. Helen's Aunt Rosemary has been living with her mother at the old family mansion, and they have noticed many strange things. They have heard music, thumps, and creaking noises at night, and seen eerie shadows on the walls. Could the house be haunted?Just as soon as she hangs up the phone, a strange man visits Nancy's house to warn her and her father that they are in danger because of a case he is working on buying property for a railroad company. This warning leads Nancy and her father Carson to search for the missing Willie Wharton, a landowner, who can prove he signed away his land to the railroad and save the railroad from a lawsuit. Will Nancy be able to find the missing landowner and discover how these mysteries are related?

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Author

Carolyn Keene

Pages

192

Publisher

Penguin

Published Date

1930-05-01

ISBN

0448095025 9780448095028

Ratings

Google: 5

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"Though I usually prefer reading the original edits of older books that have since gone through multiple revisions such as Nancy Drew, I have to say several things bothered me about this original edit. I'm not naive in thinking there wouldn't be anything racist in the original edit. I was just still surprised at HOW MUCH racist language there was. The word "negress" was used so frequently that it was uncomfortable. I guess it just shows how far we've come as people. I'm pleased it was not worse language used against POC but I can see why the original rewrites were to remove racist language."