What to read if you liked Nancy Drew as a kid?

12 Super Sleuthy Books for Grown-Up Fans of Nancy Drew

• The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie. by Alan Bradley.
• Maisie Dobbs. by Jacqueline Winspear.
• Baltimore Blues. by Laura Lippman.
• The Murder at the Vicarage. by Agatha Christie.
• Blind Goddess. by Anne Holt.
• Cocaine Blues. by Kerry Greenwood.
• The No.
• The Eye of Jade.

What is the boy version of Nancy Drew?

Hardy Boys
Hardy Boys, fictional brothers Frank and Joe Hardy, the teenage protagonists of a series of American juvenile mystery novels first published in 1927. Shaun Cassidy (left) as Joe Hardy and Parker Stevenson as Frank Hardy in the TV series The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977–79).

Is Nancy Drew appropriate for a 9 year old?

Kids as young as 5 or 6 can enjoy the earlier books (before other authors took over). They’re good and clean– even what little violence there is is still much better than the majority of daytime children’s TV shows. They get repetitive after a while, but the first 12 books or so are definitely worth reading.

Are there Nancy Drew books for adults?

Nancy Drew for Adults: Great Amateur Sleuth Series for Readers Over Twenty.

Is Nancy Drew a book for kids?

Nancy Drew is one of the most beloved heroines from modern literature. She is how many of us got our start reading mysteries. Nancy Drew books are written at an 8 to 12 year old’s reading level; however, that does NOT mean that the situations in the books are appropriate for every 8 to 12 year old.

Did Carolyn Keene write all the Nancy Drew books?

The writers initially were paid $125 for each book and were required by their contract to give up all rights to the work and to maintain confidentiality. Benson is credited as the primary writer of Nancy Drew books under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene….

Carolyn Keene
Genre	Mystery
Subject	Writing books

Was Franklin W Dixon a real person?

Franklin W. Dixon had been the Hardy Boys author from the beginning, in 1929, but he has never existed.

Is River Heights a real place?

To clarify, River Heights is a fictional town somewhere in the Midwest. While its location is not named in the original books, later versions place the town near Chicago, Illinois.

What level are Junie B Jones books?

Shop by Program:

	Reading Level	Reading Level
Junie B. Jones Is Not A Crook Series: Junie B. Jones (Book: 9) Park, Barbara 9780679883425 Fiction Paperback	M	3.0
Junie B. Jones, First Grader (At Last!) Series: Junie B. Jones (Book: 18) Park, Barbara 9780375815164 Fiction Paperback	M	2.6

How many Flavia de Luce books are there?

nine books
There are nine books in publication, a tenth forthcoming, plus a short story for you to dive into. Start with The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, the first of Flavia’s adventures, involving a very rare stamp and a dead body in a cucumber patch.

What age is Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew for?

This series can be read in any order. Ages 6-9.

Are Nancy Drew books still available?

The original Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series started in 1930 and ended in 2003. In 2012, the Girl Detective series ended, and a new series, Nancy Drew Diaries, was launched in 2013.