Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Nancy Drew Giveaway

I have always loved to read. I remember as a kid, spending the summers in my room, reading book after book. My favorite series back then was Nancy Drew. I had every single book, and wish I had saved them, but my mom can't remember what happened to them.

In celebration of school starting back, I am going to give three lucky readers a brand new, never read, hardcover Nancy Drew Book. You're excited, right?

These are the three books:
The Clue in the Diary: Nancy and her friends, George and Bess, are returning from a country carnival when they witness the explosion and burning of a beautiful country mansion. Fearing its occupants may be trapped in the blazing building, they rush to the rescue-and unexpectedly find themselves confronted with a mystery that seems to be insoluble.

Nancy's Mysterious Letter: By mistake, Nancy Drew receives a letter from England intended for an heiress, also named Nancy Drew. When Nancy undertakes a search for the missing young woman, it becomes obvious that a ruthless, dangerous man is determined to prevent her from finding the heiress or himself. Clues that Nancy unearths lead her to believe that the villianous Edgar Nixon plans to marry the heiress and then steal her inheritance.

The Sign of the Twisted Candles: Another exciting mystery begins for the attractive young detective when her friends Bess and George ask her to investigate a rumor that their wealthy greatgranduncle, Asa Sidney, is virtually a prisoner in his own mansion. But solvng the mystery and befriending Carol Wipple, the sixteen year old foster daughter of the caretakers of the old mansion, nearly costs Nancy the friendship of Bess and George. It takes all of Nancy's sleuthing ability as well as diplomacy to save it.

They sound good, right? Okay, so maybe you have to be a young girl to enjoy these books, so if you know a young girl who would enjoy one, make sure and enter to win.

I am going to make this pretty easy, because I want lots of people to enter.

1. Tell me what your favorite childhood book was for 1 entry.

2. Follow this blog for 2 entries.

3. Tweet about this contest for 3 entries.

4. Blog about this contest, linking back to this post, for 4 entries.

5. If someone mentions that they heard of this contest from your blog, you and that person will get an extra 5 entries each.

I will have one of the kids pull the winning names out of a hat (or container or something) on Monday, August 31st, around dinner time. Make sure you leave a different comment for each thing you do, and leave links, please.

This contest is only open to those in the US and Canada...sorry everyone else!
Good luck!!!!

12 comments:

StaceyC4 said...

What a great giveaway! I used to work in a homeschool bookstore up until the end of May (it went out of business) and I always got a kick out of seeing the old hardcover Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew books. It's amazing that they are still popular today with all of the Twilight craze and Harry Potter fanatics. Good for you for putting something sweet back out there!

Mom Knows Everything said...

I LOVED reading Nancy Drew mysteries as well! They were my favorite! I'm following you already.

Frugal Vicki said...

Yeah! I never read Nancy Drew, but I want to have my daughter read them when she is old enough. My favorites were always Ramona Quimby, the babysitters club, sweet valley twins, Christopher Pike, can you tell I read A LOT?

Frugal Vicki said...

I tweeted!
Awesome Nancy Drew three book giveaway going on over at http://www.mykidsaremyworld.com/2009/08/nancy-drew-giveaway.html Check it out!

brokenteepee said...

I loved Nancy Drew as a kid and I also had them all. I don't know where they went either. I have started my niece on them so these would be an excellent addition to her collection.
thanks,
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brokenteepee said...

I am following you but for some reason google has decided that I am fred, not Pricilla. Don't ask me why.
*sigh*
thanks,
kaiminani@gmail.com

Lin said...

Ooooh, I LOVED Nancy Drew as a kid. Why don't kids read these anymore?? Well, maybe they do, but mine didn't.

Jenera said...

Oooh ME ME ME ME!

I read many Nancy Drew books as a kid. And of course the GirlTalk, Sweet Valley High, and all those ridiculous books, lol.

Jenera said...

Oh and I already follow you!

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1stopmom said...

I loved Judy Blume when I was smaller. Freckle Juice was one of my favorites :)

Tracey said...

Wow - so many books to choose from for a favorite as I have always loved to read! I think some of my favorites were the Little House series by Laura Ingalls Wilder. I read those over and over again!