Nancy Drew On Campus

Nancy Drew on Campus was a series of twenty-five books published as a young adult spin-off from the long-running Nancy Drew mystery series between 1995 and 1998. The series was published by Simon & Schuster's Young Adult imprint Simon Pulse.

Purpose

Launched as a fourth on-going series featuring the teen detective, "Nancy Drew on Campus" sought to fill a gap in the market untouched by the main on-going (since 1930; 1979) "Nancy Drew Mystery" series (aimed at all ages), the more modern teenage-oriented "Nancy Drew Files" series (launched in 1986), and the younger (sub-third grade) "Nancy Drew Notebooks" series.

"Nancy Drew on Campus" attempted to target the older teenage, romance-reading audience, by sending Nancy (with friends Bess Marvin and George Fayne) to Wilder University. Viewed by many fans as effectively jettisoning the core tenets which set Nancy Drew apart (the mystery), the books instead focused more on the trials and tribulations of growing up away from home and dealing with college life, and boys. [http://www.nancydrewsleuth.com/oncampus.html The Nancy Drew Library: "Nancy Drew on Campus" at "Nancy Drew: Sleuth"] . Accessed May 27, 2008] [http://www.bookloversden.com/series/girls/Drew/Drew.html Book Lovers Den: "Nancy Drew"] . Accessed May 27, 2008]

The series lasted just three years and twenty-five volumes before ceasing.

Reader interaction

The first book in the series, "New Loves, New Lives" contained an invite for readers to call a 1-800 number and "vote on whether Nancy should stay with or break up with Ned. This formed the plot of the second book, and it appears that "those who called in axed... Ned," further distancing the series from the familiar Nancy Drew universe.

List of books in the series

Titles in the "Nancy Drew on Campus" series were released in paperback format by Simon & Schuster's "Young Adult" imprint Simon Pulse between September 1995 and January 1998. [ [http://nancy-drew.mysterynet.com/nancydrew/kids/books/oncampus.shtml Nancy-Drew Mysterynet: "Nancy Drew on Campus"] . Accessed May 27, 2008]

1. New Lives, New Loves
2. On Her Own
3. Don’t Look Back
4. Tell Me the Truth
5. Secret Rules
6. It’s Your Move
7. False Friends
8. Getting Closer
9. Broken Promises
10. Party Weekend
11. In the Name of Love
12. Just the Two of Us
13. Campus Exposures
14. Hard to Get
15. Loving and Losing
16. Going Home
17. New Beginnings
18. Keeping Secrets
19. Love On-Line
20. Jealous Feelings
21. Love and Betrayal
22. In and Out of Love
23. Otherwise Engaged
24. In the Spotlight
25. Snowbound

References

External links

[http://nancy-drew.mysterynet.com/nancydrew/kids/books/oncampus.shtml Nancy-Drew Mysterynet: "Nancy Drew on Campus"]