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Nancy Drew 53: The Sky Phantom
Nancy Drew 53: The Sky Phantom | Carolyn Keene
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Nancy goes to Excello Flying School in the Midwest to take lessons, while her friends Bess and George perfect their horseback riding. But soon the young sleuth is confronted with the mystery of a hijacked plane and a missing pilot. Then the ranchers prize pony, Major, is stolen. Nancy becomes a detective in a plane and on horseback to track down the elusive sky phantom and the horse thief. A lucky find a medal with a message to be deciphered on it furnishes a worthwhile clue. Romance is added to mystery when Bess becomes interested in a handsome cowboy. Readers will spur Nancy on as she investigates a strange magnetic cloud, hunts for the horse thief, and finally arrives at a surprising solution.
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Sorry Nancy, but this was a major bust. It deviates from some of the formula in distracting ways, the major plot points of the mysterious cloud and some sort of revolution are absurd, and there‘s extreme overuse of the phrases “girl detective,” “girl sleuth,” “young detective,” and similar (like, every other page, no joke). Also the cowboy ranch setting is stolen from Nancy #5, where it‘s done better.

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