By Rae Padilla Francoeur
“Counterpoint: A Murder in Massachusetts Bay” by Margaret Press. Addicus Books, 1996.
“Brother, Brother” by Dan Duffy. May Day Publishers, 2016.
Nancy Drew mystery series by Carolyn Keene
People disappear for all kinds of reasons. They run away, lock themselves in shoddy motel rooms and submit to their addictions (see Hunter Biden’s grueling “Beautiful Things”), or simply take a walk and get lost. Some people are plucked out of their day-to-day lives and some, sadly, are killed. Too often, their remains are never identified.
My sister went missing when she was 5 years old. Kids ran around, unsupervised, back then. My mother sounded the alarm and called the police. I ran off, going door to door, block by block. I was 9 and had read every Nancy Drew mystery. I knew the meaning of feisty.
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Another week, another liberal racial episode of the CW’s
Nancy Drew. This is obviously not the beloved character you may remember from the classic childhood series by Carolyn Keene. And, now, it looks like the show is going to help promote a spinoff with yet another liberalized version of a beloved childhood character from another book series - Victor Appleton’s Tom Swift.
Wednesday’s episode, “The Celestial Visitor,” introduced Tom (Tian Richards) at the start as he helps Nancy (Kennedy McMann) and the “Drew Crew” solve a mystery. Only, because it s 2021, this version of Tom Swift is black and gay.
From Toledo, home to the Nancy Drew mysteries, to Lorain, which spawned the remarkable Toni Morrison, and Columbus and its favorite literary son, James Thurber, Ohio has put many great writers on the map.
These writers and many more and where they came from are considered in “The Ohio Literary Trail: A Guide” by journalist and public relations professional Betty Weibel. Divided into five geographic regions of the state, the book looks at writers’ homes, museums, parks, monuments, libraries and more that celebrate Ohio-born literature.
At the Toledo Lucas County Public Library is a Nancy Drew collection, the popular series about the teenage sleuth written by Mildred “Millie” Wirt, better known by her pen name, Carolyn Keene.
Today marks the birth centenary of renowned filmmaker and author Satyajit Ray. Among all his popular characters, Feluda holds a special place in the hearts of many young readers. Growing up outside Bangladesh, I was fond of reading about his English counterparts, through authors such as Enid Blyton, Carolyn Keene, and of course, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Over time, mystery
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