My book report.

1. 1
The Secret
of Shadow
RanchAuthor: Carolyn Keene
Ghost writer: Mildred
Writ Benson
Genre: Mystery

2. Main Characters:
 Nancy Drew: loves to solve mysteries,
close to her dad
 Bess: Nancy’s best friend, loves matchmaking
 George: Also Nancy’s best friend, tomboy
 Alice: Bess and George’s cousin, very caring
 Shorty: Cowboy at the ranch, responsible for
weird happenings at the ranch

3. Setting
 Shadow Ranch: A horse ranch in the mountains
 A meadowmeadow near the ranch: Shorty and his
gang have a cabin in the meadow
 Time: Modern day
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4. Plot Summary
 Nancy, Bess, George, and Alice go to Shadow
Ranch for a vacation, but they end up trying
to solve a mystery instead of relaxing!
 Strange things are happening at the ranch, like
wind mills being knocked over in the middle of
the night and lights randomly coming on.
 Nancy figures out that Shorty, a cowboy at the
ranch, is behind the strange happenings and tries
to catch him and his gang.
 Nancy and her friends are captured by Shorty’s
gang……..
 Read the book to find out how it ends .

5. theme
 Friendship
 Family
 Courage

6. Point of view
 Third Person

7. Conflict
 Nancy is trying to stop the strange and
spooky things from happening at the ranch.
VS
 Shorty is making more strange things
happen at the ranch to run the owners off so
he can take control of the ranch.

8. The End