Mystery of Crocodile Island
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Author | Carolyn Keene |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Series | Nancy Drew Mystery Stories |
Genre | Juvenile literature |
Publisher | Grosset & Dunlap |
Publication date | 1978 |
ISBN | 0-448-09555-6 |
OCLC | 3962224 |
LC Class | PZ7.K23 Nan no. 55 |
Preceded by | The Strange Message in the Parchment |
Followed by | The Thirteenth Pearl |
Mystery of Crocodile Island is the fifty-fifth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1978 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.
Plot
Nancy responds to a friend's frantic call for help and she and her father travel to Crocodile Island with Bess and George to study the reptiles and try to uncover a group of poachers. Upon arriving, the group is kidnapped, but they escape and uncover a sinister plot involving many unsuspected victims.
Trivia
- This book reveals that George's real name is actually "Georgia," but that she hates being called by her actual name.
- It's revealed that Bess's mother's maiden is "Boonton," but it's never said if that's the maiden name of George's mother (it can be assumed that it isn't).
- Although it mentions in each book that Bess and George are cousins---presumably first cousins, since it's mentioned that they have many of the same aunts, uncles and cousins---from this book, it can be assumed that Bess's father and George's mother are brother-and-sister, which would also explain why Bess and George don't have the same last name.