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WEEK FIVE: “Miggles” and The Secret of the Old Clock (pages 1-94)

1) Offer a possible explanation for the thematic importance of Miggles’ lack of desire to marry Jim?

2) What seems to be Nancy’s defining characteristic in these opening pages?

3) Why might it be important that Nancy’s mother is dead?

4) Why might Carolyn Keene choose to make this detective story about the loss of money rather than some other crime?

5) What thematic purpose do Isabel and Ada Topham serve in this narrative?
 

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