The Clue of the Dancing Puppet

by Carolyn Keene

Book Overview

When the eerie performances of a life-size puppet begin to haunt the old Van Pelt estate, where an amateur acting group - The Footlighters - have their theater, Nancy Drew is called upon to unravel the baffling mystery. From the moment the detective and her friends Bess and George arrive at the mansion, the dancing puppet puzzle is further complicated by Tammi Whitlock, the Footlighters' temperamental leading lady, and Emmet Calhoun, a Shakespearean...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0448095394
• ISBN13: 9780448095394
• Release Date: February 1962
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
• Length: 177 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

A great read...

I love Nancy Drew books and I have read about half the series and so far this is **one** of my favorites. ( I have a lot of favorites) But you would not like this book if you did not like mysterys, adventure, and suspense books. You would like this book if you like suspense, mystery, and adventure books. If you are a boy you probaly would rather read a book where the main character and most of the characters are boys right? Well then I recomend The Hardy Boys Books.But only if you are a boy. I sometimes read those because I am a girl, but I know that if I were a boy I would want to read the same kind of book but have the main character be a boy. Anyways this book kept me in suspense and kept me up all night because I just did not want to stop reading so I just ended up reading most of the night. I felt like I was Nancy drew and when ever nancy drew found a great clue I would feel excited just like nancy drew would be. Every sentence kept me going. Carolyn Keene is the best author in author history! At the end of the chapter something exciting happens and you just have to go on to find out what happens next. I totally recomend this book and all of the other nancy drew books. Before I ever even knew that these books existed I absolutely would not read. But now all I do is read. Well, you should read this book! P.S. Sorry if this review is boring!

Book review for Mrs. Willis' class

This book is about how a detective named Nancy Drew solves a mystery. She solves The Mystery of the Dancing Puppet. Thereare many suspects that Nancy could pick from. Nancy Drew is a brave character because she solved the mystery. If she wasn't caring , she would not help other people. Nancy was a sharing person- she told the policethe clues. The conflict of this story is that someone was stealing and hiding jewelry. Many people were accused of hiding the jewelry and the puppet act. It was hard to see who started it. Nancy Drew solved the conflict by finding clues. She looked at them closely to see who was the suspect. The mystery was solved when she found out who hid the jewelry and put on the puppet act, and had them placed in jail. I would recommend this book to others. If you like a good mystery, this is the book for you. I enjoyed reading this book.

dancing in the wind

if you like mystery books then you will like this one it isfilled with lots of fun and adventure you will truely want thisbook . please take it i reccomened it for girls it is a chickbook

My favorite Nancy Drew book

I really like Nancy Drew books. But this is my favorite! I loveall the action! My favorite part is when Nancy's the lead of theshow.

ONE OF THE GREAT NANCY DREW MYSTERIES!

THE CLUE OF THE DANCING PUPPET was a very fun book to read. I couldn't put it down. Nancy is asked to investigate again; this time she checks out a puppet that is seen dancing across the lawn of an old estate, home of an acting group. She follows the puppet but doesn't get anywhere the first time. Ned, Burt and Dave make an appearance as well as Bess and George. Nancy acts in a play, which makes Ned kind of mad. This is a great book for any major (or not-so-major) Nancy Drew fan to read. You are sure to love it!