Designed for Disaster
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Authors: Carolyn Keene
A Case of Stolen
Designer Property
“You're not going to believe this!” Deirdre said. “You're just not going to believe it!”
“Believe
what
, Deirdre?” Nancy asked.
“I went to Mrs. Corwin's classroom this morning to ask her a question,” Deirdre said, “and that's when I saw her crying.”
“Juliana can't find our designs!” Nadine said. “They've disappeared!”
“That shouldn't be a problem. Mrs. Corwin scanned the designs and e-mailed them to Juliana,” Nancy said. “The file will still be on her computer.”
Deirdre shook her head. “Mrs. Corwin and Juliana were going to retrieve the file, Nancy, but a virus must have corrupted it.” She let out a moan. “My life is over.”
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Sleepover Sleuths
#2
Scream for Ice Cream
#3
Pony Problems
#4
The Cinderella Ballet Mystery
#5
Case of the Sneaky Snowman
#6
The Fashion Disaster
#7
The Circus Scare
#8
Lights, Camera ⦠Cats!
#9
The Halloween Hoax
#10
Ticket Trouble
#11
Ski School Sneak
#12
Valentine's Day Secret
#13
Chick-napped!
#14
The Zoo Crew
#15
Mall Madness
#16
Thanksgiving Thief
#17
Wedding Day Disaster
#18
Earth Day Escapade
#19
April Fool's Day
#20
Treasure Trouble
#21
Double Take
#22
Unicorn Uproar
#23
Babysitting Bandit
#24
Princess Mix-up Mystery
#25
Buggy Breakout
#26
Camp Creepy
#27
Cat Burglar Caper
#28
Time Thief
If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as “unsold and destroyed” to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this “stripped book.”
This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author's imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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Mystery Girls!
On Monday morning Mrs. Corwin, a River Heights Elementary School art teacher, said, “I'm putting you in teams of three. You're going to draw pictures of anything you think would be really cool for you and your friends to wear.”
The girls cheered. The boys all just looked at one another.
“I think you'll be very excited about what I'm planning to do with your designs too”, Mrs. Corwin added, “but I need them all by Friday.”
Nancy Drew turned to her two best friends, who were also her art-table partners, cousins Bess Marvin and George Fayne, and said,
“That's what's so great about our school. We get to do things like this.”
Bess nodded. “I know”, she said. “We have a cousin in Texas, and all he does in his art class is draw pictures of cactus plants.”
Nancy laughed. “Really?” she said.
George giggled. “Not really. But his art class is definitely not as cool as ours.”
“Why do we boys have to do this?” Quincy Taylor asked Mrs. Corwin. “It's a
girl
thing!”
“No, it's not”, Deirdre Shannon said. “One of my favorite designers is a man. I try to wear his clothes all the time. A lot of men are famous fashion designers, Quincy.”
“And remember I said you can design
anything
you want to”, Mrs. Corwin reminded them. “That means sportswear like tracksuits, basketball uniforms, and swim trunks.
Anything!
”
“Yeah, but what if some of the other guys in school find out about this and start making fun of us?” Peter Patino said. “What are we going to do
then
?”
“Oh, you guys, I can't believe it”, Mrs. Corwin said. She let out a big sigh. “I'll tell you what. Instead of putting your
real
names on your designs, you may use a designer label. It should be something snappy that'll catch a buyer's attention, and it will be something only the team members and I will know. How's that?”
The boys all looked at one another and shrugged. “Okay, we'll do it”, they grumbled in unison.
“May we use both our names
and
a designer label?” Nancy asked. “We want a snappy label, but we also want people to know who we really are.”
“Oh, Nancy, that's a super idea”, several of the girls said.
“Of course!” Mrs. Corwin told them.
With the teams chosen, everyone talked for the next several minutes about their designer-label names.
“I think ours should be Mystery Girls!” Bess suggested. “I can see that on jeans and tops andâ”
“I absolutely adore that”, Deirdre said from the next table. She thought for a minute. “I think we'll be Lucky Girls!”
Nancy, George, and Bess rolled their eyes. Deirdre could be such a copycat sometimes, but that was okay since their designs would be different.
“Do you think we'll make any money from this?” George asked.
“Money!”
Katherine Madison said. “You mean, like,
real
money?”
“Are you kidding me?” Nadine Nardo exclaimed. “Fashion designers are all rich.” She took a deep breath and exhaled. “I could be a millionaire before I'm in the fifth grade!”
