Reading Nancy Drew In The School Library Poem by Paula Glynn

Reading Nancy Drew in the school library
My 15-year-old self loving snow at Mystery At The Ski Jump
Absorbed in Nancy Drew's exciting immortal adventures
Where she'd chase and hide from clever criminals
Solving seemingly impossible mysteries in twenty minutes.

Turning the pages as nice Nancy goes from seeing
A runaway old horse drawn carriage with dummies inside
To quickly following criminals in her yellow modern car
Nancy Drew travelling near and far with help from her father
Nancy a detective heroine that is always a true star.

Nancy Drew with her lawyer father Carson Drew
And helpful housekeeper Hannah Gruen
And friends Bess Marvin, George Fayne and boyfriend Ned Nickerson
Nancy Drew always thinking carefully and doing the right thing
Even when devious criminals caught and seeing red.

Loving reading The Secret Of The Old Clock
The Bungalow Mystery, The Mystery Of The 99 Steps
The Mystery At Lilac Inn and Secret Of Shadow Ranch
Where Nancy does solve situations you wouldn't expect
Nancy Drew proud of being a sleuth without regret,

Even when chased by criminals in her fast car
Or a stinging nettle being put underneath a horse seat
Nancy Drew however never admitting defeat
Travelling all over America and beyond to help people solve mysteries
Helping people find solutions and closure: even love found!

Bess Marvin a delicate and feminine, always loving cakes
Whereas George Fayne a short-haired tomboy no mistake
Ned Nickerson a student at Emerson College
Nancy Drew a popular sleuth and supergirl
Since the beginning of the 20th century in the modern world.

Nancy Drew read by school students across the world
Such cleverness and nostalgia with the turning of every page
Nancy Drew travelling here, there and everywhere
No criminal causing a lasting scare: rescue on the way
Nancy Drew to always catch and expose foolish criminals.