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    The Old-Fashioned Mystery
    The Old-Fashioned Mystery
    The Old-Fashioned Mystery
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    The Old-Fashioned Mystery

    By Carolyn Keene and Paul Casale

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    It’s time for the Holiday Streetwalk in River Heights. That’s when the stores serve cider and cookies, carolers sing on street corners, and there’s face painting, clowns, and costumes for everyone to enjoy. But the best part is when the mayor turns on the Christmas tree lights and Mr. and Mrs. Claus arrive in a horse-drawn sleigh.

    One lucky child will get to present Mr. and Mrs. Claus with the key to River Heights, and this year it’s Bess Marvin! There will be reporters and TV cameras on the big day, but Bess’s chance to be a star is ruined when the key to the city disappears. Can Nancy, Bess, and George unlock the secret of the missing key before Bess’s special day is spoiled?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAladdin
    Release dateOct 9, 2012
    ISBN9781442480759
    The Old-Fashioned Mystery
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    Carolyn Keene

    Carolyn Keene is the author of the ever-popular Nancy Drew books.

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      The Old-Fashioned Mystery - Carolyn Keene

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      The Winner Is Announced

      You three girls look very, very busy," Hannah Gruen remarked. She set a tray down on the dining room table with three mugs of hot chocolate on it.

      Eight-year-old Nancy Drew glanced up from her composition notebook and smiled at Hannah. We’re working on an essay!

      "An important essay!" Nancy’s best friend, Bess Marvin, chimed in.

      "A superimportant essay!" Bess’s cousin and Nancy’s other best friend, George Fayne, added.

      Nancy, Bess, and George were sitting around the Drews’ dining room table. They were writing in their composition notebooks. Nearby, Nancy’s Lab puppy, Chocolate Chip, lay asleep on the floor. Chip was wearing a special red holiday collar with velvet mistletoe on it.

      Bess stopped writing. How do you spell ‘Heights’? Like in ‘River Heights’? she asked.

      H-E-I-G-H-T-S, Hannah replied.

      Oh, Bess and George said. Both girls began erasing like mad.

      Even though Bess and George were cousins, they didn’t really look alike. Bess had long, curly blond hair and blue eyes. George had dark brown hair and brown eyes. George’s real name was Georgia, but hardly anyone ever called her that.

      Hannah passed out the mugs of hot chocolate to the girls. Hannah had been the Drews’ housekeeper since Nancy’s mother died five years ago. But she was more than a housekeeper. Both Nancy and her father thought of her as a member of the family.

      Nancy took a sip of her hot chocolate, which had a big mound of whipped cream on top. Mmm, yummy! Thanks, Hannah!

      You’re very welcome, Hannah said. "So what is this superimportant essay anyway?"

      We have to write an essay called, ‘Why I Love River Heights,’  George explained. It’s a contest for elementary-school kids.

      The essays are due tomorrow, Nancy added.

      Well, no wonder you’re all working so hard, Hannah said. So what does the winner get?

      "Oh, it’s the best prize! Bess gushed. She licked whipped cream from her spoon. You know the Holiday Streetwalk? Well, during it, whoever wins gets to give Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus a key to the city!"

      Oh, my! Hannah exclaimed.

      Nancy smiled at the thought of the wonderful prize. A week from Sunday was the annual Holiday Streetwalk in downtown River Heights. Main Street would be filled with carolers, clowns, jugglers, and face painters. Store owners would serve hot cider and cookies. Many grown-ups and kids would dress up in old-fashioned costumes.

      But best of all, at nightfall, the mayor would turn on the lights of the big Christmas tree in front of City Hall. At the same time, Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus would arrive on a horse-drawn sleigh.

      And one lucky boy or girl would get to present Mr. and Mrs. Claus with a key to the city!

      Will it be one of us? Nancy wondered, glancing at her two best friends.

      Nancy knew there would be TV cameras and reporters there too. Whoever presented the key to Mr. and Mrs. Claus would be in the newspaper and on TV—just like a celebrity!

      Well, I guess that means you’re all too busy to help me make Christmas cookies, Hannah said.

      We definitely won’t be too busy to help you eat them! Bess said eagerly.

      Nancy and George giggled. Then

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