The Tortoise and the Scare - Paperback

by Carolyn Keene (Author), Peter Francis (Illustrator)

Help Nancy and her friends find a missing tortoise in the eleventh book in the interactive Nancy Drew Clue Book mystery series.

Nancy, Bess, and George have been looking forward to their school trip to the Wildlife Refuge for weeks. They've been studying all the different animals they'll see there--pygmy hedgehogs, scarlet macaws, and ball pythons. Nancy is most excited to see the sixty-year-old tortoise--that hard-shelled creature is older than her dad. But when her class reaches the enclosure they find out the tortoise is on the loose

Nancy and her friends are on the case. Can they save the day before the class trip is over? Or will this sneaky reptile outsmart them all?

Author Biography

Carolyn Keene is the author of the ever-popular Nancy Drew books.

Peter Francis lives in Brighton, UK, where he spent a number of years as an illustrator for children's television before turning to books. When not painting in his studio, he enjoys long coastal walks, exploring local history, and growing vegetables.