Adventure Calls... and Trixie Answers

“Honey wanted to be the kind of detective who sat in an office and directed other people… Trixie was just the opposite.  The more involved a situation seemed to be, the better she liked it.  Adventure – even danger beckoned her and found her willing… Trixie was scrupulous, though, about doing work that was expected of her.”

- Trixie Belden and the Mysterious Code (1961)

Following Trixie

One night, coming home from the movies, Honey’s brother sees her shivering and asks whether she is cold – ready to offer her his scarf ...

‘Not cold,’ she answered.  ‘Those western pictures frighten me.’

‘How you could have followed Trixie into some of the tight spots she led you into, I’ll never know,’ Mart said.

‘I didn’t know about them until I was into them.’ Honey sighed.  ‘When I did know I’d have been more frightened to have her go on alone.’

 

- Trixie Belden and the Mysterious Code (1961)

 

Trixie's Big Idea

When the principal cracks down on clubs at school, Trixie needs to find a new project to justify the “Bob-Whites of the Glen”… 

‘How about something to help UNICEF, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund?’  Trixie asked.  Then she added, dramatically, ‘That would cover the whole world!’ 

‘Say, Trixie, that really sounds like something,’ Mart said, excitedly.  Just let the school board try to put the heat on us when we’re doing something for the United Nations!’ 

- Trixie Belden and the Mysterious Code (1961)

 

 

Illustration by Paul Frame

"Jeepers, Honey!"

“Lucy Radcliffe wouldn’t go back to bed,” Trixie replied obstinately.  “She would just toss her gorgeous red hair back from her face, set her jaw firmly, and stick at it until the case was solved.  Jeepers, Honey!  How I wish I were a spy.  Lucy leads such an exciting life.”

- Trixie Belden and the Mystery of the Ghostly Galleon (1979)