The Cinderella Ballet Mystery
By Carolyn Keene and Macky Pamintuan
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About this ebook
Can Nancy follow the trail of this fairy tale?
Nancy and her friends are going to be in a ballet! After months of taking dance classes, Nancy, George, and Bess will perform in a ballet version of Cinderella! The Clue Crew is excited to wear fancy costumes and dance on a real stage! Nancy's friend Andrea is going to play the part of Cinderella. And she'll wear special glass slippers just like in the fairy tale!
But when the glass slippers disappear, Nancy is determined to help. Can the Clue Crew uncover Cinderella's slippers before the clock strikes show time?
Carolyn Keene
Carolyn Keene is the author of the ever-popular Nancy Drew books.
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Reviews for The Cinderella Ballet Mystery
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My favourite part is when I saw their emotions on their faces, it make me laugh sooooo much!!
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5I liked that they worked together to find The Cinderella Ballet Shoes
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Disaster strikes the recital for Nancy and her ballet class when the special-order glass slippers from Paris go missing a day before the show. Could it be the work of the jealous classmate who didn't get the starring role of Cinderella? Or perhaps the jokester who likes to pull pranks on the whole class? Or the aspiring photographer looking for the perfect shot of the glamorous footwear? Most importantly, can Nancy and her friends find the culprit and retrieve the stolen shoes before it's too late? This is another title in the series featuring a very young Nancy Drew solving simple mysteries. What's funny is that an earlier Nancy Drew spin-off had a very similar title with the cassette tape of special music going missing right before the dance recital; this book was, however, better than that one. For one thing, I did appreciate that the ballet class included boys (and tomboys) and was led by a male teacher. This more accurately reflects the real world, but oftentimes children's books have all-female ballet classes.Unfortunately, I found the conclusion of the mystery a little bit anti-climactic. I actually didn't fully predict it because I had other more elaborate theories of what happened. It was nice to see that there was not actually thievery involved but instead a prank gone wrong and, as always with this series, all's well that ends well.The audiobook narrator was extremely good at sounding like an actual young child, as well as providing the other voices and accents. She also inflected some life into the rather bland writing style, so that you could better hear the emotions of the characters. However, it also made aspects of the less-than-stellar writing style more obvious, such as how awkward the split infinitives sounded. The book ends with instructions for a craft of ballerina finger puppets, which probably is better in text, but I'm glad they didn't neglect it in the audio version.
Book preview
The Cinderella Ballet Mystery - Carolyn Keene
CHAPTER ONE
The Cinderella Ballet
Nancy Drew slipped on her pink ballet shoes. Let’s stretch!
she said to her friends George Fayne and Bess Marvin.
George nodded. Last one to the barre is a rotten egg!
Hey, not fair, you’re closest to the barre!
Bess cried out.
The three friends hurried to the long wooden bar in front of the mirrored wall. Running was against the rules at Tim McGuire’s Dance Studio, so they walked really, really fast instead.
The three girls had been taking lessons at Mr. McGuire’s studio since the beginning of the school year. They were in the middle of rehearsing for a full-length ballet of Cinderella.
Opening night was on Saturday, only five days away.
Nancy got to the barre first, then Bess, then George. Hmm, I wonder who’s the rotten egg?
Bess joked.
George made a face. Ha, ha.
Nancy put her right foot up on the barre with her toes pointed. She held onto the barre for balance. Then she curved her left arm over her head and leaned her body toward her right foot. Bess and George did the same. Nancy could feel the muscles in her right leg and the whole left side of her body stretching and getting loose.
Nancy glanced at the wall clock; it was five minutes before four. Almost time for the rehearsal to begin, she thought. The studio was filled with students who were busily putting on their ballet slippers or stretching.
Nancy noticed that Mr. McGuire was off in the corner talking on his tiny silver cell phone. His eyebrows were knit tightly together, and his mouth was pursed in a deep frown. Nancy thought that he looked upset. She wondered who he was talking to.
Hey, Nancy Drew! I have a mystery for you,
someone said.
Nancy glanced over her shoulder. Deirdre Shannon was standing there. Deirdre’s best friend, Madison Foley, was standing next to her. They were dressed in identical shiny, purple leotards with matching supershort shorts, pink tights, and pink leg warmers.
It’s the mystery of the weird ballet outfit,
Deirdre continued. Did aliens come and dress George Fayne in the middle of the night? Curious minds want to know!
George was wearing a soccer T-shirt and shorts instead of a fancy leotard combo like Deirdre. Mr. McGuire didn’t have strict rules about what to wear for rehearsals.
You’re so hilarious, Deirdre,
George said. Not!
Deirdre cracked up. She looked over at Madison, who was searching through her dance bag for something, and poked her with an elbow.
What? Oh!
Madison started cracking up too. Madison always did whatever Deirdre told her to do.
Nancy rolled her eyes and resumed stretching. She and her friends were used to getting all kinds of attention, even teasing, about the Clue Crew.
The Clue Crew was Nancy, Bess, and George’s mystery-solving club. Their headquarters were located in Nancy’s room. They stored their clues in one of Nancy’s desk drawers. George kept track of their cases on Nancy’s computer.
Just then, a boy named Gregory Auffredou came up to the girls. He was wearing a black T-shirt with the words Dancing Fool
on it, black sweat pants, and black ballet shoes. He gave a friendly wave.
Hi,
Gregory said. My mom made some chocolate chip cookies. Does anyone want one?
He reached into his dance bag and pulled out a plastic container.