NANCY DREW, GIRL DETECTIVE #1, THE DEMON OF RIVER HEIGHTS: Stefan Petrucha, writer and Sho Murase, artist: Young Adult Comics: 96 pgs.This is not the Nancy Drew novel that I grew up reading. But it is a contemporary pocket-sized graphic novel rendition of my favorite girl detective series. While the characters, best friends Nancy, Bess and George, are familiar, their high tech tools are nothing like the old-fashioned magnifying glass used by author Carolyn Keene’s crime solvers. The sleuths utilize gadgets like cell phones and WIFI connected tablet PCs.
The manga-style illustrations will appeal to a new generation of young readers eager to watch the titian-haired Nancy outsmart a bear, solve the mystery of the missing film students and bring justice to an ethically-challenged business man.
DLD
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