Trouble at Camp Treehouse

Nancy Drew: Notebooks #7

by Carolyn Keene

At Camp Treehouse, Nancy’s bunkmate Lauren is having a crummy time, because someone has stolen her camera. Nancy investigates, follows the clues, and helps her new friend.

Genres: Mystery, Childrens, Fiction

80 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1995

About the author

Carolyn Keene is a writer pen name that was used by many different people- both men and women- over the years. The company that was the creator of the Nancy Drew series, the Stratemeyer Syndicate, hired a variety of writers. For Nancy Drew, the writers used the pseudonym Carolyn Keene to assure anonymity of the creator.

Edna and Harriet Stratemeyer inherited the company from their father Edward Stratemeyer. Edna contributed 10 plot outlines before passing the reins to her sister Harriet. It was Mildred Benson (aka: Mildred A. Wirt), who breathed such a feisty spirit into Nancy's character. Mildred wrote 23 of the original 30 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories®, including the first three. It was her characterization that helped make Nancy an instant hit. The Stratemeyer Syndicate's devotion to the series over the years under the reins of Harriet Stratemeyer Adams helped to keep the series alive and on store shelves for each succeeding generation of girls and boys. In 1959, Harriet, along with several writers, began a 25-year project to revise the earlier Carolyn Keene novels. The Nancy Drew books were condensed, racial stereotypes were removed, and the language was updated. In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.

Other writers of Nancy Drew volumes include Harriet herself, she wrote most of the series after Mildred quit writing for the Syndicate and in 1959 began a revision of the first 34 texts. The role of the writer of "Carolyn Keene" passed temporarily to Walter Karig who wrote three novels during the Great Depression. Also contributing to Nancy Drew's prolific existence were Leslie McFarlane, James Duncan Lawrence, Nancy Axelrod, Priscilla Doll, Charles Strong, Alma Sasse, Wilhelmina Rankin, George Waller Jr., and Margaret Scherf.

Reviews

[Lisa]

At a sleepaway camp for the weekend, Nancy Drew searches for a lost camera.

[Patrick]

Cute book. Read it with my niece. The only negative thing about this book is how whiny Bess is. She’s constantly complaining about what a horrible time she’s having. If you don’t want to do summer camp activities, then just don’t go!

[Courtney Bean]

Beginning reader, good read for students trying to start reading independently, Nancy Drew is 8 years old and very relatable to a second or third grader. Cute illustrations as well

[Alex]

Adorable.

[Chris Comden]

Trouble at Camp Treehouse by Carolyn Keene
Series: yes Nancy Drew Notebooks #7
Format: Softcover
Stars: 4
Recommend: Yes
Would Reread: No



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[James Crawford]

In this story the girls are attending a short camp, the girls in one place and the boys in another. One of the girls has a camera which appears to have been stolen and Nancy starts to investigate to find out what happened to it. There is also an incredibly annoying, totally undisciplined boy at the camp whose parents obviously have never made an attempt to get him to behave properly. The story has a somewhat unusual ending.

[emma grace]

Read in 2005-6

[Yasuko]

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