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Nancy Drew: Girl Detective Graphic Novels #7
The Charmed Bracelet
Ned Nickerson arrested for shoplifting! Nancy Drew threatened with a lawsuit! A rare computer chip stolen from Rackham Industries! It all gets even more exciting when Nancy receives a mysterious charm bracelet in the mail - and soon a crime is committed for each charm! Will Nancy, even with the help of Bess and George, be able to find the real culprit before Ned is convicted? Ages 8 to 12.
88 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2006
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About the author
Stefan Petrucha
342 books274 followersStefan Petrucha (born January 27, 1959) is an American writer for adults and young adults. He has written graphic novels in the The X-Files and Nancy Drew series, as well as science fiction and horror.
Born in the Bronx, he has spent time in the big city and the suburbs, and now lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, fellow writer Sarah Kinney, and their daughters. At times he has been a tech writer, an educational writer, a public relations writer and an editor for trade journals, but his preference is for fiction in all its forms.
Born in the Bronx, he has spent time in the big city and the suburbs, and now lives in western Massachusetts with his wife, fellow writer Sarah Kinney, and their daughters. At times he has been a tech writer, an educational writer, a public relations writer and an editor for trade journals, but his preference is for fiction in all its forms.
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January 18, 2016
This is a somewhat odd story bordering on silly. Mr. Drew and Nancy take a tour of a chip-making plant and a major advanced computer chip is stolen. There's a variety of other things in the story that get stolen, and Ned ends up being accused of stealing a camera.
Nancy gets a charm bracelet from someone and it has charms on it that seem to stand for the things that are being stolen. Nancy gets kidnapped (again). The person responsible for the thefts turns out not to be an actual major normal-type crook. I can't reveal more without exposing the actual story ending, so I'll just say it was not the best story in the series by any means.
Nancy gets a charm bracelet from someone and it has charms on it that seem to stand for the things that are being stolen. Nancy gets kidnapped (again). The person responsible for the thefts turns out not to be an actual major normal-type crook. I can't reveal more without exposing the actual story ending, so I'll just say it was not the best story in the series by any means.
April 2, 2017
Nancy Drew Girl Detective #7 The Charmed Bracelet is about Nancy Drew who went to work with her father one day to the company that makes computer chips only to discover a new top secret chip has been stolen. She is then set a charm bracelet with icons that hint to other items that will get stolen. Nancy Drew that get's her friends to help her figure out who the thief is by learning that he's a kleptomaniac and by breaking into computer chip company's building. Do Nancy and her friends get caught, do they solve the mystery, or does Nancy's boyfriend Ned go to jail for all the thievery? Find out by reading this old story turned graphic novel.
This graphic novel I would say is made up of 2/3's of horizontal tri-sections. So about two thirds of this book is made up of each page having three boxes of graphics that are done horizontally. The gutters are a bit thicker, which helps translate that the scene has shifted, even if only by a little bit. There is three different "text graphics". There one set that is in blocks that conveys what's going on in the story, another is the speech bubbles that convey what the characters are saying, then there are the action noises such as vroom, craashh, and bing. At the end of the book there's a few papers that recommend other books, talk with the author and the artist, and a sneak peak into another Nancy Drew story. The colors of the pages vary from page to page depending on what the storyline is like. If it's a happier time, or a regular scene the colors tend to be lighter, while more mysterious and nighttime scenes are darker. All the drawings are done on the computer with some CG elements and I would say the lines have a more straight feel then say a curvy feel. This graphic novel was pretty easy to follow along with and understand what was going on. The reader needed to both read the text and look at the pictures to understand the story. Overall it was a good graphic novel, and it's easy to see why young kids enjoy reading it.
This graphic novel I would say is made up of 2/3's of horizontal tri-sections. So about two thirds of this book is made up of each page having three boxes of graphics that are done horizontally. The gutters are a bit thicker, which helps translate that the scene has shifted, even if only by a little bit. There is three different "text graphics". There one set that is in blocks that conveys what's going on in the story, another is the speech bubbles that convey what the characters are saying, then there are the action noises such as vroom, craashh, and bing. At the end of the book there's a few papers that recommend other books, talk with the author and the artist, and a sneak peak into another Nancy Drew story. The colors of the pages vary from page to page depending on what the storyline is like. If it's a happier time, or a regular scene the colors tend to be lighter, while more mysterious and nighttime scenes are darker. All the drawings are done on the computer with some CG elements and I would say the lines have a more straight feel then say a curvy feel. This graphic novel was pretty easy to follow along with and understand what was going on. The reader needed to both read the text and look at the pictures to understand the story. Overall it was a good graphic novel, and it's easy to see why young kids enjoy reading it.
January 1, 2023
Being a Nancy Drew fan since childhood, these anime style graphic novels jumped out at me when I went to the library. This particular book has the same Nancy Drew style with an appeal to the young adult set. It's short and easy to read, fast-paced and intriguing, making it perfect for an afternoon read. Rating - 4 stars due to excellent writing and amazing graphics
April 8, 2022
I am just really not enjoying this series as a whole, even though there were a few ones that I liked. I'm determined to finish the series, however, especially because there aren't that many books left.
November 8, 2019
Nancy Drew never fails to amaze me. Stefan Petrucha deserves a 5-star rating for making Nancy Drew more fun to read.
March 8, 2010
Nancy Drew finds herself on another case. A top-secret computer chip has been stolen which could cost the company millions. At a loss for clues, Nancy mysteriously receives a charmed bracelet. Thinking she may have a secret admirer, she barely notices the charms. That is until she realizes each charm represents a crime that is about to take place. Nancy is determined to solve these crimes before another one can happen. Too bad Nancy’s boyfriend, Ned, gets arrested for shoplifting. The girl detective cannot help him out of this one. But the question remains: why would Ned shoplift? Is he jealous of Nancy and her new-detective fame? Join Nancy and her friends as they try to solve the case and Nancy’s relationship troubles.
July 31, 2009
Why I Read This Book: It looked interesting on the library shelf.
As it says on the cover, this is a "Full-Color Graphic Novel". This is the first that I read in the series. The artwork, by Daniel Vaughn Ross, is pretty good, though the manga-ish style isn't quite to my taste. The writing is quite good; it's a fair, and clever, mystery, though it has a particularly bad closing pun. This was my favorite in the series until I read #6 ( Mr. Cheeters Is Missing ).
(Finished 2009-06-25 ~23:00 EDT)
As it says on the cover, this is a "Full-Color Graphic Novel". This is the first that I read in the series. The artwork, by Daniel Vaughn Ross, is pretty good, though the manga-ish style isn't quite to my taste. The writing is quite good; it's a fair, and clever, mystery, though it has a particularly bad closing pun. This was my favorite in the series until I read #6 ( Mr. Cheeters Is Missing ).
(Finished 2009-06-25 ~23:00 EDT)
November 29, 2011
This book was a great surprise to learn about and see that Nancy Drew was carrying on as a graphic novel now. While I wasn't too keen on the art style, I still sucked it up and enjoyed it. The story was good, but Nancy was a bonehead! She was so absent minded and forgetful, this was nothing like the real Nancy Drew in the main series. I was disappointed about that, but it was still a fun read.
One other thing I am wondering about is where the heck is Helen Corning? Nancy seems to only be hanging out with Bess and George now. Don't get me wrong, I like Bess and George, but I liked Helen too.
One other thing I am wondering about is where the heck is Helen Corning? Nancy seems to only be hanging out with Bess and George now. Don't get me wrong, I like Bess and George, but I liked Helen too.
April 30, 2012
The new Nancy Drew graphic novels is a modern version of her character. The mysteries are up dated too. In this one someone stole a very expensive micro chip. On the same day Nancy's boyfriend was accused of stealing a camera. Then, she received a charmed bracelet in the mail that had a micro chip and camera charms on it as wells as other charms; which Nancy figured those were the next items to be stolen. Recommend for 3rd through 6th grade. Pubished 2006.
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May 25, 2011This is an easy read. I loved reading this book because it brought back memories of reading all the Nancy Drew books when I was younger. This format made for an easy read. The book is about a stolen microchip. Nancy receives a charm bracelet in the mail that will have all the clues she needs to solve this mystery. I read this in Spring '08. (Trisha)
June 15, 2013
This was another Nancy Drew I enjoyed. I thought it was pretty creative the way the charm bracelet was linked to all the crimes that subsequently happened after Nancy received the bracelet in the mail. Nancy saves the day as she always does but wounds her boyfriend Ned's ego by saving him a couple times in the story. Never fear the two make amends and are happy together!
December 16, 2009
It's Nancy Drew, what else is there really to say?
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October 6, 2010
Read this for my Children/YA lit class. Definitely a different take on the books from my childhood. Never thought I'd see Nancy Drew in a graphic novel.
March 20, 2011
never have read a Nancy Drew book, but if i were in fourth/fifth grade i think this would be a great read
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May 6, 2011i love thes books
July 20, 2011
this one was good but, i figured out the mystery before nancy did. so it was a little obvious even by looking at the cover.
October 1, 2014
A microchip gone missing found in a bracelet. Nice...
September 21, 2014
Story was ok but artwork is pretty bad.
November 8, 2019
Nancy Drew never fails to amaze me. Stefan Petrucha deserves a 5-star rating for making Nancy Drew more fun to read.
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March 6, 2010I love Nancy
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