Vans Villains [Paperback]

Nancy, Bess, and George embark on an ill-fated cross-country road trip in the twenty-seventh Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to a classic series.

When George wins an exciting contest from her favorite van life influencers to transport their camper van from Chicago to Los Angeles, she naturally invites Nancy and Bess along to live out her van life fantasies for seven days.

But things quickly go sideways for the girls, from bad weather to mechanical problems, leading to personality clashes in a small, closed space. Worse yet, Nancy feels like someone is following them. Could someone be trying to sabotage the trip? Or is Nancy so used to solving mysteries that she’s starting to see villains where there are none?

Nancy had better figure it out quickly if their road trip—and their friendship—is going to survive the chaos.Carolyn Keene is the author of the ever-popular Nancy Drew books.Chapter One: Big News CHAPTER ONE Big News
“SO WHAT DO YOU THINK George wants to talk to us about?” my friend Bess asked with a big grin, plopping down in the passenger seat of my car. It was a sunny afternoon a few days before a school break, the kind of day that feels ripe with possibilities. “New crush or new video game?”

I gave her a wry smile. George is a techie and loves gaming, but I wasn’t sure that was the source of her GET OVER HERE RIGHT NOW I HAVE BIG NEWS!!! text to Bess and me just a half hour before. I was just hoping it wasgoodbig news.

“I’m not sure,” I said honestly.

“Maybe she dyed her hair?” Bess wondered as I pulled back out of her driveway. “She’s always talking about going blue, but I never thought she’d do it…”

Luckily, George lives pretty close to Bess, who just happens to be her cousin. (Yep, my two BFFs are related.) So it was only about five minutes later that we pulled into George’l3#