Nancy Drew and her best friends George and Bess are helping some film students make a horror movie when the filmmakers disappear. Could it be that the monster they were trying to film is real??

As a child, I absolutely LOVED Nancy Drew mysteries. I probably read every single one of them, including the Hardy Boys crossover ones. So I was super excited to see a new version of those books -- now as a graphic novels -- for a younger generation. However, I was then super disappointed with the actual product.

I don't know if it's that the original Nancy Drew books weren't good and I just didn't realize because I was a small child, but this book was awful. The mystery was easier to solve than a Scooby Doo one, the characters were flat and one-dimensional, and Nancy's narration (including the references to technology) was dull and didactic. The illustrations weren't much to write home about either. This is the first in the series, and I don't intend on picking up any others. ( )

Very light on plot. Nancy stumbles onto the solution.

I hated the way Bess was drawn. Bess was drawn with large chest, tiny waist. She was described in the old books as very pretty and slightly plump, not some sex idol. ( )

I decided to pick this up since I've always loved reading Nancy Drew mysteries however this graphic novel version just didn't do well for me. The characters were barely introduced, the scenes constantly changed without any flow between one another, and just the storyline in general was hard to follow.
Graphic novels are something I really enjoy reading, unfortunately this one was not put together very well. ( )

Amateur detective, Nancy Drew, and her two best friends, George and Bess, are helping two college film makers with their scary movie based on a local urban legend, The Demon of River Heights. After the girls finish shooting, they head to a coffee shop where they are supposed to meet Ben and Quentin, the film makers. But, the film makers never arrive, leaving Nancy and her friends worried that maybe the monster from the film wasn’t fiction at all! When the girls head back to the film location, they find the film equipment abandoned, the college boys nowhere to be found, and scary shadowy figures afoot! Where did the film students go? How does their disappearance tie in with a mysterious iron ore entrepreneur who has recently surfaced in River Heights? In typical Nancy fashion, she tries to get to the bottom of both mysteries and puts herself in danger in the process!

This title was the 2006 winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best Graphic Novel. It is an interesting spin on Carolyn Keene’s classic Nancy Drew – with new technology and language, revamped sidekicks, yet the same mystery and sleuthing. The Demon of River Heights would be perfect for beginning readers, due to its simple language, enticing plot, and stunning graphics. ( )

The Demond of River Heights, is a graphic novel based on a Nancy Drew Novel. It is about Nancy and her friends making a movie in the woods. When the girls leave for dinner, they are expecting the boys to come after cleaning up the film equipment. The boys never show. Nancy and her friends go on a quest to find them, and discover something even bigger going on in the old-abandoned mines. I thought the graphic novel was a little hard to read, it seemed to jump around some and only take the important parts of the book. I would however recommend this book to a struggling reader, the pictures would help the student comprehend what is going on. ( )