Customer Reviews

The Clue of the Dancing Puppet (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 39)

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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!

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!

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

This book is about how a detective named Nancy Drew solves a

mystery. She solves The Mystery of the Dancing Puppet. There

are 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 police

the 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.

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

Nancy, Bess and George join the Footlighters, an amateur acting group located at the nearby Van Pelt estate, so that Nancy can investigate sightings of a dancing life-size puppet which has been haunting the grounds of the estate. Personally, I didn't find the mystery in this book to be all that exciting, the puppet wasn't spooky at all and there wasn't much action to be found. The end of the book wasn't very good as the main criminals are arrested well before the book ends and this happens in a typically boring Nancy Drew fashion. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find the book as well written as it was; it certainly is not classic literature, but it was a step up from the atrocious writing found in most of the high (from #35 up) Nancy Drew books. The characters were well-defined and actually had personality, unlike in a lot of the books of the series, where the characters are either good or bad. Isn't wasn't the most exciting book, but at least when I finished it I hadn't felt as though I had just wasted my time.