Boo crew / by Carolyn Keene ; illustrated by Peter Francis.
When every kid in town auditions for a television talent show, Nancy, Bess, and George must uncover who is sabotaging the auditions.
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- ISBN: 9781534413894
- ISBN: 1534413898
- ISBN: 9781534413887
- ISBN: 153441388X
- Physical Description: 90 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Edition: First Aladdin paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Aladdin, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018
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General Note: | Series numeration from book spine. |
Target Audience Note: | 630L Lexile Decoding demand: 85 (very high) Semantic demand: 96 (very high) Syntactic demand: 87 (very high) Structure demand: 86 (very high) Lexile |
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Boo Crew
âDouble, double, toil and trouble!â George Fayne declared. Then she wrinkled her nose and said, âDid witches really talk like that?â
âThey spoke that way in William Shakespeareâs play Macbeth,â eight-year-old Nancy Drew said. âIâm glad my dad told me about the old play so we can audition as the three witch sisters!â
Nancyâs best friend George rolled the big black cauldron up the street. Her other best friend, Bess Marvin, helped Nancy carry a duffel bag filled with witch costumes and awesome brew ingredients.
George blew dark curly bangs out of her eyes. â?âBubble, bubbleâ sounds better than âdouble, double,â?â she said. âWhy donât we say that instead?â
âWe will have a bubbly cauldron of brew,â Bess said happily, âthanks to my bottle of strawberry bubble bath!â
âThen âbubble, bubbleâ it is!â Nancy said.
If the girlsâ hands werenât so full, they would have high-fived. The hit show Twinkling Little Stars was coming to River Heights to audition kids for their TV talent contest.
âIâm glad the auditions are for their special Halloween show,â Nancy said. âWe get to dress up two weeks before Halloween!â
âI hope the judges like our brew ingredients,â George said, nodding at the cauldron, âtoenail of toad, scale of dragon, tooth of giantâhairball of cat!â
âEwww,â Bess cried. âIâm glad all that stuff is fakeâitâs totally gross.â
âSpeaking of gross,â George said excitedly, âIâm going with my mom later to see the movie Zombie Slime Monsters!â
âZombie Slime Monsters,â Nancy repeated. âIs it true the movie theater will serve slime-green popcorn?â
âOnly for the special five oâclock show,â George said. âCanât wait!â
Bess stuck her tongue out and made gagging sounds. âSlime-green popcorn? Iâll stick to crunchy caramel!â
Nancy giggled and said, âAre you sure youâre cousins?â Youâre as different asââ
âSlime-green and caramel popcorn?â George joked.
Bess used both hands to grab the handle of the bag.
âThis bag is getting heavy,â she said. âWhy do we have to drop off our costumes and props today? Itâs only Friday, and the auditions are Saturday and Sunday.â
âEveryone auditioning has to, Bess,â Nancy said. âItâs the contest rules.â
The girls were glad to reach the theater where the auditions would be held. The Heights Theater was old-timey but looked brand new with a fresh coat of paint and a shiny gold front door.
âI wonder if weâll meet the judges today,â Nancy said as they filed inside.
âI canât believe Lucy OâToole is one of the judges,â George said. âI think sheâs the funniest comedian, and she grew up right here in River Heights.â
âAnd I canât believe the other judge is the actress Cookie Sugarman!â Nancy said. âCan you believe sheâs only nine years old and is supposed to be the sweetest star in Hollywood!â
âEven Cookieâs movies are sweet,â Bess said. âI saw The Princess and the Unicorn three times!â
âThe Princess and the Unicorn,â George scoffed. âThat movie was so sweet I had to brush my teeth three times!â
Bess rolled her eyes at George. âWhoâs the third judge, Nancy?â she asked.
âItâs the owner of this theater,â Nancy replied. âI think his name is Nathan.â
âWho wouldnât want to own this place?â George asked as they looked around the lobby. âItâs awesome!â
Plush red velvet chairs and sofas stood on golden-colored carpeting. Covering the walls were posters from long-ago shows.
âIt looks like a fairy-tale castle,â Bess said, pointing upward. âEven the ceiling is painted blue with white clouds!â
Nancy couldnât believe her eyes either. The old Heights Theater had just reopened after being rebuilt. The Twinkling Little Stars auditions would be the first event there in more than seventy years!
âDo you believe this building used to be old and creepy?â Nancy said. âWe even thought it was haunted!â
More kids walked by holding costumes and props. One was Quincy Taylor from the girlsâ third-grade class. Quincy held a mummy costume as he stopped to face the girls.
âWho says this theater isnât still haunted?â Quincy asked them.
âWhat do you mean, Quincy?â Nancy asked.
âYou heard about the curse, didnât you?â Quincy asked. âAbout a hundred years ago an actress named Nora Westcott starred in a play here. Nora was mad when the director replaced her with a bigger star.â
Quincy lowered his voice almost to a whisper. âThe director didnât know that Nora was also a witch!â
âWeâre witches too,â Bess said with a smile. âBubble, bubble, toil and troubleââ
âNora was a real witch,â Quincy cut in, âand there was trouble all right.â
âTrouble?â Bess asked.
âThe Heights Theater has been haunted ever since Noraâs curse,â Quincy answered. âBy ghosts and monsters!â
âNot true!â a deep voice said.
The kids turned to see a tall man with dark hair standing behind them.
âI am Nathan Alonso, the owner of this theater,â the man said. âThe only thing that ever went bump in the night was when a clumsy stagehand dropped a set piece.â
âSo there are no ghosts or monsters?â George asked.
âZero, zip,â Nathan insisted. âZilch.â
Quincy smiled. âYouâve got to be right, Mr. Alonso,â he said. âNo ghosts or monsters here. Whew, what a relief!â
Nathan walked away. The girls turned to Quincy with surprise.
âWhat made you change your mind so fast, Quincy?â George asked. âBecause heâs the owner of the theater?â
âBecause heâs one of the judges and I want to win!â Quincy said. âHey, I may be a mummy, but Iâm no dummy!â
As Quincy walked away, Bess turned to Nancy and George, her blue eyes wide.
âWhat if Quincyâs right?â Bess asked. âWhat if this theater is filled with monsters and ghosts?â
âQuincy is always talking about ghosts,â George scoffed. âHeâs a member of that goofy Ghost Grabbers Club.â
Bess nodded. âYes, remember when they tried to help us solve the mystery of Murray the Monster Mutt?â she sighed. âThey werenât much help.â
âWho cares about grabbing ghosts?â Nancy asked with a smile. âI like our own club, the Clue Crew!â
As the Clue Crew, Nancy, Bess, and George solved mysteries all over River Heights. Nancy even owned a clue book where she wrote down all of their suspects and clues.
âQuincy can look for ghosts if he wants to,â George said as she rolled the cauldron. âI want to find the prop room so I can park this pot!â
Nancy, Bess, and George followed the others down a hall to a large room. Inside, kids were busy hanging up costumes and placing props on shelves.
âThereâs Shelby!â George said, pointing to their friend Shelby Metcalf from school. âSheâs juggling monster eyeballs!â
A few feet away was another kid wearing a hairy werewolf mask. Nancy recognized Kevin Garciaâs voice as he told monster jokes. . . .
âWhatâs a werewolfâs favorite bedtime story?â Kevin asked. âA hairy-tale!â
Kevin threw back his head and howled, âAh-woooo!â
Nancy wasnât surprised to see their friend Nadine auditioning for Twinkling Little Stars too. She was the best dancer and actress in Ms. Ramirezâs third-grade class.
âIs that a spider costume youâre hanging up, Nadine?â Nancy asked.
âNot just any spider,â Nadine said. She turned to three other kids hanging up the same costumes. âWeâre Cirque du Crawl-ay, and weâre dancing with a giant spiderweb!â
âBreak a leg, Nadine,â George said. âAll eight of them!â
Across the room a small crowd was watching Antonio Elefano, dressed as a vampire. The girls traded smirks. If Nadine was the class actressâAntonio was the class pest!
âTell me, Mr. Fang,â Antonio asked a bat puppet on his hand, âwhat is a vampireâs favorite snack?â
Antonio used his other hand to lift a glass of grape juice to his lips. While he gulped it down the puppet said, âScream of tomato, Count Joke-ula. Yum!â
âPretty neat,â Bess admitted. âHow did he do that?â
âI donât know,â Nancy admitted, âSince when is Antonio such a good ventriloquist?â
Suddenly George pointed to the floor underneath Antonioâs long cape. âHey!â she said. âSince when do vampiresâhave four feet?â
READY, SET, SHOW!
âDouble, double, toil and trouble!â George Fayne declared. Then she wrinkled her nose and said, âDid witches really talk like that?â
âThey spoke that way in William Shakespeareâs play Macbeth,â eight-year-old Nancy Drew said. âIâm glad my dad told me about the old play so we can audition as the three witch sisters!â
Nancyâs best friend George rolled the big black cauldron up the street. Her other best friend, Bess Marvin, helped Nancy carry a duffel bag filled with witch costumes and awesome brew ingredients.
George blew dark curly bangs out of her eyes. â?âBubble, bubbleâ sounds better than âdouble, double,â?â she said. âWhy donât we say that instead?â
âWe will have a bubbly cauldron of brew,â Bess said happily, âthanks to my bottle of strawberry bubble bath!â
âThen âbubble, bubbleâ it is!â Nancy said.
If the girlsâ hands werenât so full, they would have high-fived. The hit show Twinkling Little Stars was coming to River Heights to audition kids for their TV talent contest.
âIâm glad the auditions are for their special Halloween show,â Nancy said. âWe get to dress up two weeks before Halloween!â
âI hope the judges like our brew ingredients,â George said, nodding at the cauldron, âtoenail of toad, scale of dragon, tooth of giantâhairball of cat!â
âEwww,â Bess cried. âIâm glad all that stuff is fakeâitâs totally gross.â
âSpeaking of gross,â George said excitedly, âIâm going with my mom later to see the movie Zombie Slime Monsters!â
âZombie Slime Monsters,â Nancy repeated. âIs it true the movie theater will serve slime-green popcorn?â
âOnly for the special five oâclock show,â George said. âCanât wait!â
Bess stuck her tongue out and made gagging sounds. âSlime-green popcorn? Iâll stick to crunchy caramel!â
Nancy giggled and said, âAre you sure youâre cousins?â Youâre as different asââ
âSlime-green and caramel popcorn?â George joked.
Bess used both hands to grab the handle of the bag.
âThis bag is getting heavy,â she said. âWhy do we have to drop off our costumes and props today? Itâs only Friday, and the auditions are Saturday and Sunday.â
âEveryone auditioning has to, Bess,â Nancy said. âItâs the contest rules.â
The girls were glad to reach the theater where the auditions would be held. The Heights Theater was old-timey but looked brand new with a fresh coat of paint and a shiny gold front door.
âI wonder if weâll meet the judges today,â Nancy said as they filed inside.
âI canât believe Lucy OâToole is one of the judges,â George said. âI think sheâs the funniest comedian, and she grew up right here in River Heights.â
âAnd I canât believe the other judge is the actress Cookie Sugarman!â Nancy said. âCan you believe sheâs only nine years old and is supposed to be the sweetest star in Hollywood!â
âEven Cookieâs movies are sweet,â Bess said. âI saw The Princess and the Unicorn three times!â
âThe Princess and the Unicorn,â George scoffed. âThat movie was so sweet I had to brush my teeth three times!â
Bess rolled her eyes at George. âWhoâs the third judge, Nancy?â she asked.
âItâs the owner of this theater,â Nancy replied. âI think his name is Nathan.â
âWho wouldnât want to own this place?â George asked as they looked around the lobby. âItâs awesome!â
Plush red velvet chairs and sofas stood on golden-colored carpeting. Covering the walls were posters from long-ago shows.
âIt looks like a fairy-tale castle,â Bess said, pointing upward. âEven the ceiling is painted blue with white clouds!â
Nancy couldnât believe her eyes either. The old Heights Theater had just reopened after being rebuilt. The Twinkling Little Stars auditions would be the first event there in more than seventy years!
âDo you believe this building used to be old and creepy?â Nancy said. âWe even thought it was haunted!â
More kids walked by holding costumes and props. One was Quincy Taylor from the girlsâ third-grade class. Quincy held a mummy costume as he stopped to face the girls.
âWho says this theater isnât still haunted?â Quincy asked them.
âWhat do you mean, Quincy?â Nancy asked.
âYou heard about the curse, didnât you?â Quincy asked. âAbout a hundred years ago an actress named Nora Westcott starred in a play here. Nora was mad when the director replaced her with a bigger star.â
Quincy lowered his voice almost to a whisper. âThe director didnât know that Nora was also a witch!â
âWeâre witches too,â Bess said with a smile. âBubble, bubble, toil and troubleââ
âNora was a real witch,â Quincy cut in, âand there was trouble all right.â
âTrouble?â Bess asked.
âThe Heights Theater has been haunted ever since Noraâs curse,â Quincy answered. âBy ghosts and monsters!â
âNot true!â a deep voice said.
The kids turned to see a tall man with dark hair standing behind them.
âI am Nathan Alonso, the owner of this theater,â the man said. âThe only thing that ever went bump in the night was when a clumsy stagehand dropped a set piece.â
âSo there are no ghosts or monsters?â George asked.
âZero, zip,â Nathan insisted. âZilch.â
Quincy smiled. âYouâve got to be right, Mr. Alonso,â he said. âNo ghosts or monsters here. Whew, what a relief!â
Nathan walked away. The girls turned to Quincy with surprise.
âWhat made you change your mind so fast, Quincy?â George asked. âBecause heâs the owner of the theater?â
âBecause heâs one of the judges and I want to win!â Quincy said. âHey, I may be a mummy, but Iâm no dummy!â
As Quincy walked away, Bess turned to Nancy and George, her blue eyes wide.
âWhat if Quincyâs right?â Bess asked. âWhat if this theater is filled with monsters and ghosts?â
âQuincy is always talking about ghosts,â George scoffed. âHeâs a member of that goofy Ghost Grabbers Club.â
Bess nodded. âYes, remember when they tried to help us solve the mystery of Murray the Monster Mutt?â she sighed. âThey werenât much help.â
âWho cares about grabbing ghosts?â Nancy asked with a smile. âI like our own club, the Clue Crew!â
As the Clue Crew, Nancy, Bess, and George solved mysteries all over River Heights. Nancy even owned a clue book where she wrote down all of their suspects and clues.
âQuincy can look for ghosts if he wants to,â George said as she rolled the cauldron. âI want to find the prop room so I can park this pot!â
Nancy, Bess, and George followed the others down a hall to a large room. Inside, kids were busy hanging up costumes and placing props on shelves.
âThereâs Shelby!â George said, pointing to their friend Shelby Metcalf from school. âSheâs juggling monster eyeballs!â
A few feet away was another kid wearing a hairy werewolf mask. Nancy recognized Kevin Garciaâs voice as he told monster jokes. . . .
âWhatâs a werewolfâs favorite bedtime story?â Kevin asked. âA hairy-tale!â
Kevin threw back his head and howled, âAh-woooo!â
Nancy wasnât surprised to see their friend Nadine auditioning for Twinkling Little Stars too. She was the best dancer and actress in Ms. Ramirezâs third-grade class.
âIs that a spider costume youâre hanging up, Nadine?â Nancy asked.
âNot just any spider,â Nadine said. She turned to three other kids hanging up the same costumes. âWeâre Cirque du Crawl-ay, and weâre dancing with a giant spiderweb!â
âBreak a leg, Nadine,â George said. âAll eight of them!â
Across the room a small crowd was watching Antonio Elefano, dressed as a vampire. The girls traded smirks. If Nadine was the class actressâAntonio was the class pest!
âTell me, Mr. Fang,â Antonio asked a bat puppet on his hand, âwhat is a vampireâs favorite snack?â
Antonio used his other hand to lift a glass of grape juice to his lips. While he gulped it down the puppet said, âScream of tomato, Count Joke-ula. Yum!â
âPretty neat,â Bess admitted. âHow did he do that?â
âI donât know,â Nancy admitted, âSince when is Antonio such a good ventriloquist?â
Suddenly George pointed to the floor underneath Antonioâs long cape. âHey!â she said. âSince when do vampiresâhave four feet?â