Mystery of the Moss-Covered Mansion

by Carolyn Keene

Book Overview

A friend of Carson Drew's has been arrested and charged with sending a truck loaded with explosive oranges into the Space Center complex at Cape Kennedy. Knowing that Mr. Billington could not possibly be guilt of sabotage, Nancy and her father rush to the defense of the accused man. During the Drews' investigation Nancy become suspicious of an old spooky mansion that houses fierce African wild animals on its extensive grounds. Soon, she discovers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0448095181
• ISBN13: 9780448095189
• Release Date: January 1941
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.7" x 7.6"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Nancy Drew Mystery Stories

The book was shipped quickly and was received in excellent condition.

Nancy Drew excels again!

This reprint of the original is delightful as Nancy Drew always. There is a lot of heart-pounding action in this mystery as Nancy Drew has some narrow escapes with burning planes and exotic animals.

The Moss Covered Mansion

The Nancy Drew Collection is incredible! As a collector, I enjoy each of the stories. I love the older originals in particular. They contain more substance and much better writing. I feel the newer ones read like comic books. The older ones challenge us at times to pick up a dictionary. Also, these now make great history books as we read about chains that were put on the tires after a rain because most the roads were dirt. We read of a time of typewriters, telegraphs, telephones (no cellphones)and in the earlier ones no mention of television!Some people are offended because of the so called racial slurs. I don't see anything racial about it. This is our history and these kind of folks did and still do exist whether you are speaking about how black folks speak or folks from lower class neighborhoods may behave. These books are true to what is real. There are crooks in poor neighborhoods! And how many poor but good folks has Nancy helped? Black folks often did service jobs. My own mother had a black cleaning lady. I see nothing wrong with that. Any person regardless of color or race can be anything they choose to be in America. Nancy is just real (outside of the fact that her heroistic feats may be a bit more than the average girl could attaint to). We can not condemn her for being born with a silver spoon. We can certainly learn from her as she was brought up to work hard and respect others despite her wealth; and she even attends church on Sunday! Nancy is the empitomy of good values and love for others. I hope Nancy is around for many, many more years for young people to enjoy. I grew up with Nancy and as a collector, she is still my best girl.

The Best Nancy Drew Book Besides Whispering Statue

I love Nancy Drew Do You? I'm In 3rd Grade And I Love Nancy Drew Books.My Friend Susanah W. Got Me In To Nancy Drew Books. I've Read About 7 Nancy Drew Books And Im Only 8 years Old. Nancy Drew Isnt JUST For Girls Is It. Because Im A Boy And I Love Nancy Drew.In The Story Nancy Goes To Florida And Has To Find Out Who Deliverd Explosive Oranges To The Kennedy Space Center After That She Finds Out That She's Closer To A Black Lepord Than She Ever Will Be!

The book is about the Kennedy space center, and other places

The Mystery Of The Moss-coverd Mansion is a great book. There is a lot of really exiting parts, and some parts that are funny. I am 12 years old and I am planning on reading all of the other Nancy Drew Books. I have so far read 28 of them and enjoied them all. I think it is a great book!!!