Password to Larkspur Lane
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 1933 · Est. 4.5 hour read

Password to Larkspur Lane

By Carolyn Keene

Part of the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series

A cryptic message leads to a captive woman and eerie blue fire. Can Nancy solve both mysteries?

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192 pages· 33,571 words· Est. 4.5 hour read
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Nancy Drew receives a cryptic message from a wounded pigeon, leading her to a mansion where an elderly woman is held captive. Meanwhile, her friend Helen's grandparents are terrified by a mysterious blue fire in the woods. As Nancy delves deeper, she uncovers a connection between the two mysteries. With danger lurking, can Nancy unravel the secrets and save the day?

From the publisher

Blue bells will be singing horses! This strange message, attached to the leg of a wounded homing pigeon, involves Nancy Drew in a dangerous mission. Somewhere an elderly woman is being held prisoner in a mansion, and Nancy is determined to find and free her. Meanwhile, the young detective’s close friend, Helen, begs her to solve a second mystery. Helen’s grandparents, the Cornings, are frightened by a sinister wheel of blue fire that appears after dark in the woods outside their home at lonely Sylvan Lake. When Nancy discovers the significance of the eerie signal, she also learns that her two mysteries are connected.

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
192
Words
33,571
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
660L
Themes & topics
Books about sleuthingBooks about detectivesBooks about rescues and rescuingBooks about girls and womenBooks about mystery and suspense
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4.8
F&P level
~P
AR points
5
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
5635
Publication
Published
June 1, 1960
First published
January 1, 1933
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780448095103

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