#1 Readers Journal 8/30/11 Dear Mrs.Zrihen, I just finished a book called The Clue of The Velvet Mask by Carolyn Keene. I read this book because it was a mystery book and I love mystery books. I found a passage in this book that really stood out to me. The passage that really stood out to me was:
“Nancy, you must give up this case,” George sobbed. “I insist!” “Give it up?” Nancy echoed in disbelief. “After I did all this work no way I am going to figure out this case and find those thieves!” Nancy said. I picked this passage from the text because I think this passage shows that Nancy is determined to figure out the case and she is not going to let anything stop her. This passage is significant to this text because it shows you how focused Nancy is. I used many strategies before, during, and after I was reading this book. A strategy that I used before I started to read this book was to read the summery of this book to see if I was interested in it. One other strategy that I used before reading this book was to skim and scans to see if there were any text features in this book. One strategy that I used during reading this book was to look at all the text features so that I would be able to understand what was going on in the text. Another strategy that I used during reading this book was to visualize the most important and intense parts of the book. A strategy that I used after I read this book was to think about what I just read and reflect on it. Another strategy that I used after I read this book was to reread the parts I liked. I was able to find many literary elements in this book. The genre of this book is mystery because it includes secrets and crimes to be solved. The main character in this book is Nancy Drew. Nancy Drew is a black haired teenage detective who loves to help her dad solve mysteries. Nancy’s motive was to solve this mystery. Nancy is the protagonist of this book and a round and dynamic character. Another character in this book is Linda Seeley who is a thin dark haired girl who works in the Lightner Entertainment Company and helps Nancy to solve the mystery of the velvet gang robberies. Linda’s motive was to help Nancy solve the mystery of the velvet gang’s robberies and help herself get her job back. Linda is a foil character in this book and she is a flat and static character. Another character in this book is Mr.Tombar.Mr. Tombar is an old nasty man who is very suspicious and wants nothing to do with Nancy Drew. Mr. Tombar is an old fragile tall thin man. Mr. Tombar’s motive was to keep Nancy from founding out the truth and be in control of the Lighter Company. Mr. Tombar is the antagonist of this book and he is also a round and dynamic character. The social conditions of Nancy and her family were almost not rich and not poor. I found this plot structure of this book very interesting. The exposition of this book was when all the characters in the book were introduced and when the book explained who all the characters were and were they were and what day it was. The rising action of this book was when one of Nancy’s best friends disguised herself to look exactly like Nancy to protect Nancy and Nancy’s friend got kidnapped but when the kidnappers realized it was not Nancy they put a sweat smelling perfume on the girls noise to make her dizzy and left here by a tree. The climax of this book was when robberies started to begin at parties that had tons of people and was taking place at a rich persons house. Also the Lightner Entertainment Company prepared the houses that would be robbed. The falling action was when Nancy found numbers on the back of one of the thieves mask and she found out what the numbers meant and she also found another mask that had a special ink on it that only the Lightner Entertainment Company could have, so that limited the people that could have robbed the houses. The resolution was when Nancy used the help of her friend to catch the bad guys in the house while they were leaving. The main conflict in this book was the Velvet Gangs robberies. This book is external. All of the conflicts in this book were man vs. man. The tone of this book was thoughtful. The mood of this book was scared and happy. The theme of this book was adventures. The moral of this book was to never give up on what you are doing because you will succeed at the end. The book is told in first person. The pattern of organization of this book is chronological order and the author’s perspective is to share and entertain. The author’s perspective is subjective because the book is in Nancy’s point of view.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find any figurative language because the author was pretty straight forward with the story.
All in all I really enjoyed reading this book , I would rate this book eight out of ten stars . I’m looking forward to reading more of Carolyn Keen novels . I would recommend this book to boys and girls the ages of 10-13. Sincerely, Roxanne Fine
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