The Magician's Secret
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Chapter Book · Ages 8–12 · 2015 · Est. 3.5 hour read

The Magician's Secret

By Carolyn Keene

Part of the Nancy Drew Diaries series

A magician's trick makes murder evidence vanish. Can Nancy solve the mystery before it's too late?

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156 pages· 24,189 words· Est. 3.5 hour read
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Nancy Drew faces a baffling mystery when a magician's trick makes crucial murder trial evidence disappear. With her father, Carson Drew, and boyfriend, Ned Nickerson, involved in the case, the stakes are personal. As Nancy, along with friends Bess and George, dives into the investigation, the magician himself vanishes without a trace. Can Nancy unravel the secrets of this magical mystery and find the missing evidence before it's too late? The clock is ticking, and the truth is more elusive than ever.

From the publisher

A major magic trick leads to missing murder evidence in this eighth book of the Nancy Drew Diaries, a fresh approach to a classic series. When she attends a performance by master illusionist Drake Lonestar, Nancy is skeptical. Lonestar is known for his razzle-dazzle wizardry, but can the magician really make the River Heights library disappear? As it turns out, he can–but that’s not the only thing that goes missing. Key evidence to an upcoming murder trial disappears in the midst of the trick. And one of the trial attorneys just happens to be Nancy’s father, Carson Drew, assisted by her boyfriend, Ned Nickerson. Nancy, Bess, and George are quick to jump on the case, but not quite quick enough: Lonestar has vanished, too, and not even his closest friends know his whereabouts. Magic is its own kind of mystery–but is this one Nancy can handle?

At a glance
Format
Paperback
Pages
156
Words
24,189
Reading age
8–12
Audience
Middle Grade
Lexile
680L
Themes & topics
Books about magicBooks about detectivesBooks about girls and womenBooks about mystery and suspense
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
4.8
F&P level
~P
AR points
4
AR interest level
MG
AR quiz
173947
Publication
Published
January 20, 2015
First published
January 6, 2015
Publisher
Aladdin
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781481417006

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