Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew: #1 Sleepover
Sleuths
Bibliographic
Information
Carolyn, Keene. Nancy
Drew and the Clue Crew: #1 Sleepover Sleuths. Aladdin Paperbacks, New York. 2006.
Plot Description
Nancy Drew is back! This time around she is in third grade
with her best friends and cousins Bess and George. The threes cousins are
invited to a Deidre’s sleepover party, but they MUST bring their City Girl
dolls. There is one City Girl doll for every state. The girls arrive at the
party to discover the party’s theme is Hollywood; and even better Deidre has a
surprise for them. She has the extremely rare and expensive City Girl Hollywood
Heather! But when Hollywood Heather goes missing the next morning, everyone is
a suspect. It’s up to Nancy, Bess and George to figure out the mystery.
Quantitative Reading
Level
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 2.8
Flesch-Kincaid Reading Ease: 90.8
ATOS Level: 4.1
Qualitative Reading
Level
Meaning: Low. Text contains a single level/layer of
simple meaning.
Structure: Low. The narrative structure is mostly simple and is more explicit than implicit and is largely conventional. Narration does not shift in point of view. The order of events is chronological.
Language: Low: Text contains little or no use of figurative language or irony. The language is contemporary, familiar, conversational language that is explicit, literal and easy-to-understand.
Knowledge Demands: Middle Low. Text explores a single theme; experiences portrayed can be easily understood by the common reader. Some cultural/literacy knowledge is required. I am categorizing this as middle low, because I think that it will help kids relate to the book if they have knowledge of some of the toy crazes, like American Girl, Cabbage Patch Dolls etc. They don’t need to know about those things, but it will enhance the story.
Content Area
English
Subject Area Tag
English, Reading for Pleasure: Chapter Books, Middle School
or High School
Content Area Standard
New York State Content Area Standard (Grades K-5)
1. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly
and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when
writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.
2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze
their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.
3. Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas
develop and interact over the course of a text.
4. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text,
including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and
analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.
5. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific
sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section,
chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.
6. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content
and style of a text.
7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media
and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words.
9. Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or topics
in order to build knowledge or to compare the approaches the authors take.
10. Read and comprehend complex literary and informational
texts independently and proficiently.
11. Respond to literature by employing knowledge of literary
language, textual features, and forms to read and comprehend, reflect upon, and
interpret literary texts from a variety of genres and a wide spectrum of
American and world cultures.
Curriculum
Suggestions
- Old books made new
- Compare with original version
Links to Supporting
Digital Content
Nancy Drew website
Who is Carolyn Keene?
Optional:
I saw this book while browsing on Amazon. I was a HUGE Nancy
Drew fan as a child and I was interested to see this version. It doesn’t live
up to the original series, but it’s a fun read.
*photo obtained from Goodreads
*photo obtained from Goodreads
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