When Millie asks herself, “WWNDD?” (What would Nancy Drew Do?), mud- covered Millie realizes Nancy would never be anything but perfect, which Millie would never be. Millie’s mother had read her Nancy Drew books as she was dying from cancer and that makes Nancy special to Millie. When Millie and Chase, an aloof new boy, team up to solve the mystery, they slowly begin to deal with difficult life problems of their own. But this is much more than a well done mystery whose Nancy Drew tie-ins really work. Like a modern day Nancy Drew, she is on the case. A reporter for the high school paper, whose editor is obnoxiously superior, Millie is investigating a story when she discovers a body. In her new book, Buzz Kill, Millie Ostermeyer is a non-conformist, full of spunk and determination. I just listened to a new audiobook by an author who must have read as many Nancy Drew books as I have: Beth Fantaskey.
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