I'll take Nancy for 5 Points: In the Accelerated Reading Program at Hucrest Elementary in Roseburg Oregon a Nancy Drew or Hardy Boys mystery is worth five points, while "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" is worth 29. Hmmmm ... who is this "Harry Potter" character? And how are the kids at Hucrest doing? Read more about Hucrest ... or read more about the Accelerated Reading Program ...

Crime Lab Detectives: At Building for Kids in Appleton, Wisconsin you can be Nancy Drew ... learning about forensic science, hair analysis, logic and interviewing suspects. And you get a notebook.

The Johnsons have been away on a weeklong vacation to Hawaii. The next door neighbor noticed a broken window one morning and went over to the house to check it out. When she looked in the window, she noticed the pet goldfish has been spilled out of its bowl and had died ...

The exhibit is from Discovery Museum in Arkansas and will stay in Appleton until Jan. 2. Read more ... Check out Building for Kids ... Visit Discovery Museum ... And get the real scoop ...

Channeling the Girl Detective: "How Nancy Drew Saved My Life" by Lauren Baratz-Logsted, a Danbury CT author, is described as "part Charlotte Bronte, part chick-lit and part Nancy Drew." Read more here ... and here ...

Hep to Nancy Drew: Paula Poundstone's cat, Hep, has "taken quite a liking to Nancy Drew" or so Paula says. Read more ...

The Creature of Kapu Cave: Her Interactive today announced that Nancy Drew - The Creature of Kapu Cave has gone gold and will ship in October. Kapu Cave is the fifteenth installment in the award-winning, Nancy Drew PC adventure game series from Her Interactive. For the first time you will have the ability to play as three different characters - Nancy, Joe Hardy or Frank Hardy depending on the skills and clues needed to solve the mystery. Sounds fun. Akamai. How you figga? Wikiwiki now and read more ...

Nancy Drew Gone Wrong: Snooping fun in Ohio that ends with a shooting serves as a harsh reminder that real life adventures don't always turn out the same as we might think from reading the Nancy Drew stories. Learn more ...

Nancy Investigations: Ignore the fact that as a child Nancy Stevens read every Nancy Drew book twice and then in 1980 became the first woman to join Vermont's old boys' club of private investigators ... eh ... I think not. Help us Nancy Stevens ... you're our only hope. Read on ...

Nancy Takes Tea: The Nancy Drew Mystery book club meets Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. in the Beehive Tea Room, 12 W. Broadway (300 South), Salt Lake City. Tickets are $8, including lunch, available at Sam Weller's Bookstore, 254 S. Main St., Salt Lake City. Mmmmm ... the Beehive apparently has fine quality loose-leaf teas, Chai, hot chocolate, French Press coffee, tea lattes and bubble teas, and frappes and smoothies as well as soup, sandwiches, salads, sweet treats and free wireless. Eh? Bubble tea? I had to wikipedia this and learned that bubble tea is "a tea beverage with tapioca balls mixed in. The Chinese name for bubble tea translates to 'Pearl milk tea'. When tea is shaken, a thin layer of bubbles forms on the surface. Because of the foaming process, any tea that is shaken during preparation can be called bubble tea." Read more ...

Nancy Game Help: Feeling undressed with Danger by Design, missed the Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon, too late with Secret of the Old Clock, stumbling cluelessly under the Curse of Blackmoor Manor, lost in the dark with The Secret of Shadow Ranch, voted off in Danger on Deception Island, dizzy from The Haunted Carousel, hounded by failure in Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake, all thumbs with Secret of the Scarlet Hand, can't quite make The Final Scene, stuck penniless in Treasure in the Royal Tower, frightened by the Message in a Haunted Mansion, getting only static with Stay Tuned for Danger, and ready to kill to get an answer for Secrets Can Kill? You are not the only one stuggling and perhaps you might want to visit Her Interactive Forums for help. Do it now ...

More than Nancy: Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture in the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library at Duke University has compiled a great list of girl's literature that goes "beyond Nancy Drew". Read the lit list ...