Scream for Ice Cream by Carolyn Keene is the second Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew mystery, a sweet-toothed case for 8 year olds about a stolen ice cream recipe.<\/p>\n
Jim and Barry’s Ice Cream Factory is opening in River Heights, and there’s a flavour contest. The prize is a silver ticket for a free pint whenever you like. Who wouldn’t want that?<\/p>\n
Nancy, Bess and George have invented Clue-berry. It’s vanilla with blueberries, a surprise at the bottom and clues on the tub leading to it. They make it by rolling a homemade ice cream maker built from coffee tins (George’s hand is VERY tired).<\/p>\n
Their friend Kendra has invented something better. Chock Full of Chocolate, with four kinds of chocolate in it. Nancy’s verdict is three words. OH MY GOSH.<\/p>\n
Kendra swears everyone to secrecy. Then Deirdre puts it on her website that Kendra has a winning recipe. And on sign-up day, the written-down recipe vanishes from Kendra’s backpack.<\/p>\n
The contest is on Saturday, so the Clue Crew have two days.<\/p>\n
The suspects are great fun. Daisy Dorfer and her ice cream fan club, who have a top secret recipe of their own and a whistle. Kevin, who isn’t allowed sweets but turns up with a basket full of chocolate. And Mr Drippy the ice cream van man, who won’t serve you if you forget to say please, plus his very rude son.<\/p>\n
Then someone leaves a message on Nancy’s doorstep, spelled out in lolly sticks. GIVE UP!<\/p>\n
There’s a brilliant real detective trick in here too. George grabs the blank page from under a written note, and Nancy rubs a pencil over it to read what was pressed through. Your reader will want to try that at home (find a soft pencil).<\/p>\n
Meanwhile the girls’ own ice cream keeps getting ruined, once by Nancy’s puppy and once by a five-year-old with a spoon. It’s a nice reminder that being a detective doesn’t stop the rest of life happening!<\/p>\n
The American bits are Popsicles, dollars and third grade. There’s a bit of gross-out comedy about eating too much chocolate.<\/p>\n
If they want the next case, Pony Problems has a Shetland pony called Buttons escaping from a new petting zoo and turning up in gardens all over town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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