In Theaters: ***^Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (2019)

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase  (2019)  The thing that makes or breaks a movie such as this is the characters.  Fortunately Nancy Drew (Sophia Lillis) is very likeable, as are her best friends (Zoe Renee and Mackenzie Graham), and her new who use to be an enemy, Hannah (Andrea Anders).  And who would have thunk the villain would turn out to be who he turns out to be.  Great twist.  Fun!  And no, pranking someone, even in the name of revenge is never cool.  I am glad Nancy realizes this before the end of the movie. 

Book Review: Nate the Great Talks Turkey: With help from Olivia Sharp

Nate the Great Talks Turkey by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Mitchell Sharmat, illustrated by Jody Wheeler, Delacorte Press, New York, 2006.
This is my second Nate the great book, and I think it will be my last.  I do not find the characters very likeable.  Nate the great and Olivia Sharp are cousins.  Instead I find them full of themselves.  In this book they are after a wild turkey which has been showing up around town.  Olivia flies in from California to join the hunt.  And they both have success in their way.