The 1920s and 1930s saw the growth of mystery series with juvenile detectives including the Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Judy Bolton, the Dana girls, and Cherry Ames. One characteristic of these books was
a. they included "new" and controversial topics such as murder and other heinous crimes—this was cutting new territory and often resulted in censorship challenges.
b. they catered toward boys who had traditionally been reluctant readers.
c. they rarely involved the crime of murder, and included no ghosts that could not be rationally explained at the end of the story.
d. they introduced more contemporary crimes such as drug-related crimes and gang violence.
c
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