Mystery of Crocodile Island (Nancy Drew, No. 55)

Overall, I enjoyed this book. I initially picked it because I remember reading it in third grade and loving it, so I was curious to see how or if my opinions of it had changed since childhood. Re-reading it again, I definitely enjoyed it! My favorite part about the story was definitely the mystery

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and sense of adventure throughout the novel. Though the story started a little slow, there were definitely parts that I didn’t want to put the book down because I wanted to see what would happen next. One thing I also found interesting while reading was that there were a few illustrations scattered throughout the story, but the illustrations were more like sketches and outlines of a scene. I thought this was interesting because while reading, I was picturing the story in my head, but then I would come across to the scene and I had the characters looking a little different, particularly more modern than the author depicted. I think this is because Nancy Drew is an older series, and in my head I was picturing a teenager from now as opposed to 30-40 years ago. I definitely appreciated the illustrations because it reminded me of the context and time the story was written. I also enjoyed the overall message of the story. Nancy, the main character, and her friends were in Florida trying to solve a mystery about what was happening to the endangered crocodiles, so the overall message was about why it’s important to protect wildlife.
I would recommend this book for upper elementary and middle school. It’s a definitely a little bit of a longer chapter book, but pretty easy to comprehend. I think any child looking for a good mystery would enjoy it!

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