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Clue of the Dancing Puppet by Carolyn Keene
Reader Reviews A Book Worth Reading, But Just Barely, September 20, 2003 Reviewer: jtthiel from Nova Scotia, Canada 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.
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