FREE THE THIRTEENTH PEARL PDF C. Keene | 180 pages | 01 Apr 2002 | Penguin Putnam Inc | 9780448095561 | English | New York, United States The Thirteenth Pearl - Wikipedia Goodreads helps you keep track The Thirteenth Pearl books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for The Thirteenth Pearl us about the problem. Return to Book Page. A pearl necklace that is unusual and valuable has been stolen. The girl detective soon learns strange and dangerous people are responsible for the theft. Nancy and Carson Drew travel to Japan in search of the necklace. Clues found near home and in Japan help her uncover a group of underworld jewel thieves hiding behind the front of a pearl worshipping cult. This book is th A pearl necklace that is unusual and valuable has been stolen. This book is the original text. A revised text does not exist. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Original Title. Nancy Drew Mystery Stories Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see The Thirteenth Pearl your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Thirteenth Pearlplease sign up. The Thirteenth Pearl with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Sep 30, Jerry rated The Thirteenth Pearl really liked it. I've reviewed so many of these books, I've run out of things to say about them. This is as good as any Nancy Drew novel. Not sure what to say other than that. Shelves: mysteries. Re-reading this timeless treasure led me to discover that the Nancy Drew mysteries are not the novels of genius I once thought they were. This one The Thirteenth Pearl the particular distinction of not only being poorly written, but also containing numerous offensively discussed stereotypes about Japan and Japanese-Americans. People are described as "Oriental" and "Asiatic," and the entire mystery is really just an attempt for Carolyn Keene to describe for impressionable youth the "exotic" customs of the n Well. People are described as "Oriental" and "Asiatic," and the entire mystery is really just an attempt for Carolyn Keene to describe for impressionable youth the "exotic" customs of the nation of Japan. The mystery is solved at the end through The Thirteenth Pearl discovery of some weird cult ritual that comes out of left field and makes no sense whatsoever. In fact, the mystery is never really solved, so much as Carolyn clearly took a hit off the bong, wrote a paragraph, called it a night, and then sent the manuscript off without editing it. I think what's most displeasing is that Nancy's long-suffering, blue balled boyfriend Ned finally makes an appearance, only to once again be denied any sort of romantic dalliance with super prude Nancy. Jesus, Carolyn, just let them have sex already! View all 3 comments. Jun 06, Melanie rated it liked it Shelves: nancy-drew-marathonfictionThe Thirteenth Pearlchildrensread-as-ebook. And there are still The Thirteenth Pearl questions, like where is River Heights? My guess is upstate NY. What caused Mrs. Drew's death one book said she died "suddenly" and one other one mentioned "a brief illness" but that's it? Why didn't Hannah, who was apparently married herself at some point, but has lived with the Drews since Mrs. Drew kicked it, ever get married to Carson? Could you really have a platonic relationship with your live-in housekeeper for fifteen years? I had this one as a girl, but I don't think I cracked the cover of it. Probably a good thing, because it makes no sense. Nancy goes on a wild-goose-chase to Japan and disguises herself as a Japanese girl with blue eyes and titian hair and none of the Japanese people are any the wiser. I thought "Asiatics" were supposed to be smart. This was one of the few trips she took with her father and no other entourage. Anyway, they eventually return to River Heights where all the bad guys are The Thirteenth Pearl thieves and a pearl-worshipping cult. Nancy and Ned lose consciousness The Thirteenth Pearl they're The Thirteenth Pearl at the close of the penultimate chapter. This book could have been not-the-final book if one sentence had been added to the effect of "Little did she know but she was soon to be entangled in the [insert next title here]. View all 6 comments. Sep 26, Katie Randolph added it Shelves: thesis. Jul 28, Kevin rated it it was ok. The book's main problem The Thirteenth Pearl that it was poorly edited. Grammar issues that should have been caught were not. A couple examples: Plurals do not need an apostrophe. An apostrophe either before or after an "s" at the end of a word shows possession. In other words, the Cuttinis would refer to two or more people named Cuttini, and Cuttini's refers to something possess Wow! In other words, the Cuttinis would refer to two The Thirteenth Pearl more people named Cuttini, and Cuttini's refers to something possessed by Cuttini. A word showing relationship mom, dad, aunt, uncle, etc. That means it should be "my dad" or "our aunt Gertrude" and not "my Dad" or "our Aunt Gertrude. Moving to a new publisher would certainly kill any motivation I had to improve an inferior draft, so I don't believe my theory here is too far off. Had the proper editing been completed I don't believe the word "Asiatic" would have been used as Asian was already the more acceptable The Thirteenth Pearl choice. By the way, the original Nancy Drew series ended at book and there have been various spinoff series throughout the years. Enough grammar and history! There are better Nancy Drew stories than this out there. I suggest reading this one only to be a The Thirteenth Pearl or to learn how pearls are formed when mankind aids in the process or to learn Japanese customs as viewed through a s perspective. Sep 21, Bevin added it. Picked this up completely randomly when I forgot to bring a book to work and I found it in my car. Mar 03, Olivia rated it liked it. This one wasn't that great. I hate when The Thirteenth Pearl goes to another country and everyone happens to speak English and The Thirteenth Pearl police are willing to drop everything to help her. Also Nancy seems to run around in circles and take a pointless trip to Japan. Not one of the best but it is the last of the original Nancy Drew series so it's worth a read. Jul 31, John Yelverton rated it it was amazing. The last Nancy Drew book. Feb 22, Katie Dever rated it really liked it. I know the series continues after 56, but this technically is the last of the originals. I'm kind of sad after finally reading this book many years too late. I used to read these as a 10 year old. In my dark room, I'd get scared of the evil The Thirteenth Pearl in these tales. I used to fantasize being Nancy The Thirteenth Pearl. As a fan of this series, there wasn't many things that bothered me in this book. No I know the series continues after 56, but this technically is the last of the originals. None of that mattered to 10 year old me though. The Nancy Drew Project: Book # The Thirteenth Pearl Post a Comment. Oh, crap. Where to start? When I first opened this book, I was pretty sure how this review would go from the opening summary below …. So, yeah. Basically this whole mystery starts because a jeweler, Mr. Moto the most sympathetic person in the book, but definitely relegated to stereotype and also fits of fainting is robbed. I mean…I love you Mr. What ensues is a mystery that, like many others in the series, entails the villains seemingly chasing the Drews from place to place. Carson and Nancy go to Japan to investigate the possible dirty dealings of World Wide Gems and the disappearance of the rich The Thirteenth Pearl lady, Mrs. And now Nancy The Thirteenth Pearl even more convinced that some criminal ring has infiltrated World Wide Gems. Most of this mystery is too scattered to create a focus; while World Wide Gems is definitely at the center of it, the numerous disguises and elaborate fake pearl cult have me scratching my head at the end. Like, I get it. But a fake pearl cult? I mean, did they have to register as a religion? How did they recruit followers? It seems like they had to use an awful lot of jewels to recruit people. Why expend all of this effort getting a rando criminal The Thirteenth Pearl to impersonate Mrs. Rossmeyer because the real Mrs. A lot of the information was factually correct. Nancy The Thirteenth Pearl as a Japanese girl to blend in and spy on people, and she is essentially dressed as a geisha. Or ARE you? At one The Thirteenth Pearl, Nancy and her friends are chasing a criminal and ask a local for a description. I was actually physically relieved that this Italian The Thirteenth Pearl would buffer me from the relentless racism towards East Asian people for another few pages. And see how problematic my response is? And that, boys and girls, is how white guilt makes the lack of diversity in literature even worse.