(Game Grumps) The Secret of the Grande Chateau: YA Fiction Analysis
Cover and Campaign Ghost Hunters Adventure Club and The Secret of the Grande Chateau is a special book for two reasons: It's a tribute to the classic YA and children's mystery novels published between the 1930s-1980s (roughly). Its marketing campaign is unorthodox. With a mere glance at the cover, it's easy for anyone familiar with YA books of the kid detective era to recognize how much The Secret of the Grande Chateau resembles Nancy Drew , the Hardy Boys and The Three Investigators , for example. From the vibrant color choices to the various font styles to the character poses, this book has a strong essence of nostalgia. I do have two issues with the cover, however. There is no snow depicted on the cover when the book repeatedly states that the location is snowy; the second sentence of the first page specifies "snowy pavement" and a big storm occurs later on when the trio ventures outside. The other thing is that, while I love that they added to the nostalg