The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 1964 · Est. 5 hour read

The Clue of the Whistling Bagpipes

By Carolyn Keene

Part of the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series

A detective faces threats and mysteries in the Scottish Highlands.

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177 pages· 35,371 words· Est. 5 hour read
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Nancy Drew defies warnings and journeys to the Scottish Highlands with her father and friends. Tasked with uncovering a missing heirloom and solving the mystery of stolen sheep, Nancy encounters cryptic Gaelic notes, a deserted houseboat, and a mysterious red-bearded stranger. As eerie whistling echoes through the Highlands, Nancy's investigation leads her to an ancient castle and a prehistoric fortress. Can she unravel the secrets hidden in these rugged lands before it's too late?

From the publisher

Warnings not to go to Scotland can’t stop Nancy Drew from setting out on a thrill-packed mystery adventure. Undaunted by the vicious threats, the young detective – with her father and her two close friends – goes to visit her great-grandmother at an imposing estate in the Scottish Highlands, and to solve the mystery of a missing family heirloom. And there is another mystery to be solved: the fate of flocks of stolen sheep. Baffling clues challenge Nancy’s powers of deduction: a note written in the ancient Gaelic language, a deserted houseboat on Loch Lomond, a sinister red-bearded stranger in Edinburgh, eerie whistling noises in the Highlands. Startling discoveries in an old castle and in the ruins of a prehistoric fortress, lead Nancy closer to finding the solution to both mysteries.

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
177
Words
35,371
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
790L
Themes & topics
Books about sleuthingBooks about detectivesBooks about lost and found possessionsBooks about heirlooms
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
5.8
F&P level
~S
AR points
6
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
5614
Publication
Published
February 1, 1964
First published
January 1, 1964
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780448095417

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