Ticket Trouble

Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew #10

by Carolyn Keene, Macky Pamintuan (Illustrator)

What fun is a fair with no tickets?

River Heights Elementary is throwing a fall festival! It promises to be full of fun games, great food, and amazing amusement park rides -- even a roller coaster! All of the kids in River Heights, including Nancy, George, and Bess, are very excited and have been working hard to earn extra money for festival tickets. So when Nancy's friend Ned claims someone stole his hard-earned tickets, the Clue Crew jumps into action.

The girls are in a race against time to find Ned's tickets. And it turns out the culprit might have a very different reason for needing them....

Genres: Mystery, Childrens, Fiction, Chapter Books, Middle Grade, Novels, Detective

96 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2007

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 In a few cases, outdated plots were completely rewritten.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

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun and cute for what it was.

[˜”*°•.˜”*°• Sheri •°*”˜.•°*”˜ · Rating 5 out of 5]

A young audience will enjoy figuring out this mystery.

[Chloe (Always Booked) · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars. This has been the most obvious of all the books in the series, but I love a good county fair vibe and this one definitely delivers. In this book, the girls help a friend, Ned, discover who took his tickets. They disappeared as he was playing a game and there are a lot of suspects, but the answer is not what you'd expect. Except you would because it hints at it immediately. My 6 year old knew from about 1/2 way through the book whodunnit. Still cute and good vibes though.

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one was not my favorite of the series. My kiddos seemed to enjoy it, but I figured out the culprit of the missing tickets immediately, and this story seemed less focused on the mystery than past books.

[Leo · Rating 4 out of 5]

"I don't want to read a girls' book"

"There are no girls' books or boys' books."

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another super cute book in this adorable series!

However, Deirdre is awesome in these books, so I’m really curious what makes her become Nancy’s enemy in the Girl Detective series?

[Kelly Choy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Culprit was sooo obvious already

[Noelani · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 1/4 stars.

[Kara Kuehl · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun story, but very predictable.

There is no concerning content to note.

[Danika Gallen · Rating 3 out of 5]

More like a 2.5

[Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ Jenn Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ Schu · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nancy, Bess, and George are super excited because their school is hosting a fall festival complete with fair food, rides, and games. While at the fair, the girls happily explore and enjoy the roller coaster and trying out the different games. But, one of their friends, Ned, isn't so happy, his tickets have disappeared and he cannot find them. Immediately, the Clue Crew spring to action to solve the mystery of the missing tickets. The girls follow the clues until they finally eliminate their list of suspects and find a most unexpected ticket thief. I loved Nancy, Bess and George's strengths and how they work as a team to solve mysteries. And, of course, there is a cute activity for elementary aged students to enjoy at the end of the book. Recommended to fans of mysteries and Nancy Drew.

[Dolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a fun mystery in the Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew series. Nancy and the clue crew are asked to find Ned Nickerson's missing tickets. Although the story was interesting and the mystery was solved fairly quickly, I couldn't help but think that they spent all the time they had at the festival looking for tickets, rather than enjoying the festival. At least they gave some of their tickets to poor Ned. I love that they deconstructed the games to demonstrate mathematical principles and also highlighted the fact that the games are made to be difficult so that people have to spend a lot of money to win a prize.

[Liz · Rating 3 out of 5]

An updated (and much shorter) version of the Nancy Drew mysteries that were around when I was a kid. The characters are all the same and the mysteries follow the same arc. It was quick and easy and much more enjoyable to me than the A-Z Mysteries that are still popular with some kids.

[Lara · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like that there were tickets that got lost and that there were no people that did the crime.

[Julia · Rating 4 out of 5]

IT was pretty good I think.

[Meagan · Rating 4 out of 5]

good book

[Kalia Dalat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nancy drew books are very mystereous and there suspects always seem to be the last suspect they check but the are pretty good detectives for kids!

[Mustang · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked it because misterys are cool!

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ned lost his tickets! Nancy drew and the clue crew must help Ned get his tickets back!

This book is super duper awesome! You have got to read this book because it is really interesting.

[Sydney · Rating 4 out of 5]

this one is not like the real nancy drew it has kiddy mysteries. i solved the first one with only one clue,but i still think these are fun little mysteries.

[sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read it around age 10~12, loved the story

[Laurissa Metz]

My daughter really likes these books. She 7 about to be 8. Only problem is she reads them in one sitting. Takes about an hour and a half for her to read one. We are flying through these books.