Third-Grade Reporter

Carl Sandburg Elementary School has a pretty famous graduate! It's newspaper reporter, Alice Stone, who is coming back to her old school to write a report! Naturally, everyone is really excited, especially Nancy Drew. She's the lucky student who'll be sitting next to Alice Stone in her third-grade classroom! This is an exciting honor, and the entire class is on its best behavior so they can get a good review in the news. But soon, Nancy will be called on to do some reporting of her own, if she wants to save the reputation of her class. Detailing every prank, suspect and clue in her trusty blue detectives notebook, Nancy has to crack the case of The Third-Grade Reporter before Alice Stone publishes her story! Carolyn Keene has written yet another mystery that her young fans will adore.

This is a well-constructed mystery about a former student who returns to Nancy's school for four days as a grown-up reporter. Most of the kids are thrilled she's there and want to impress her. The only problem is someone is after her. But who and why? Nancy leads the search to find out the answer and save her school from a bad newspaper review. I found the story a lot of fun.