Nancy Drew The New Case Files #1: Nancy Drew Vampire Slayer (Nancy Drew New Case Files)
Here�s a graphic-novel spoof that shouldn�t work but does: Nancy Drew, the iconic girl detective born in the syndicate age and still alive and adolescent 80 years on, seemingly dumps boyfriend Ned for the new kid in River Heights, Gregor the vampire. Friends and gofers to the girl detective, George and Bess engage Ned to help them sleuth on the sleuth. Text and dramatically colored images are nicely bound into a codependent stream, while the characters are drawn to appear as flat and stereotypical as Stratemeyer could ever imagine. There are plenty of cultural references at play here, but even the vampire-shy will find the silliness diverting. The cliff-hanger ending will leave readers dying for the next volume of the Nancy Drew: The New Case Files graphic-novel series, or maybe have them hopping into their roadsters to go save Nancy�or maybe Gregor?�themselves. Grades 9-12. --Francisca Goldsmith--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.