An Impressionable Adolescent’s Heroine

I marvel at the fact that I never knew

That the mystery series featuring Nancy Drew

Was launched in the 1930s- or that the books were written

By more than one person- I was smitten

By Ms. Drew when I was young and impressionable

And I fancied reading Carolyn Keene’s writing would enable

An older version of me to write a successful series

Featuring a spunky Indian teenager solving mysteries

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The fascination with Nancy Drew lasted a few years

Then I moved on to adult reading, and my dreams disappeared

But I remember how Nancy Drew seemed practically perfect

She surely won a starry-eyed adolescent’s respect

The stories had a timeless quality indeed

That was the first series that I did read

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I had not thought about the series in a while

But coming across a reference today made me smile

The facts about Nancy Drew books that I learnt today

Have made me appreciate the series more, I must say

So many writers across decades kept her character alive

On these books, many generations of young readers have thrived