Autumn

The Clue In The Old Album My story is __The Clue In The Old Album__ by Carolyn Keene. The characters in my story are Nancy Drew the detective, Ned Nickerson, Bess, Rose, Mrs.Struthers, and Romano. My story takes place in many places like River Hights, Nancy's home, Mrs.Struther's house ,and many gypsy camps. This book actually has three mysteries: Who stole the purse? What happened to the precious dolls? Is the wedding picture a fake?

In the beginning, Nancy was at a violin concert and a man named Tony stole Mrs. Struthers purse. Nancy is the detective and came to Mrs. Struthers house the next day to investigate the case. When Nancy is at Mrs. Struther's she gets poisoned by one of Mrs. Struthers collector dolls. A few days later Nancy took Rose, Mrs.Struthers granddaughter, to a carnival to investigate some gypsys. A fourteen year old child was getting married at the carnival because it is a gypsy tradition is to get married young and to have a doll presented to the bride. Nancy and her friends flew to Jefferson to pick up a doll for Mrs.Struther's collection. When Nancy returned home she had heard that Rose had given one of Mrs. Struther's dolls. Then Nancy receives a gift, it was a doll that contained poison. After that, Nancy hears about a violinist who she thought might be Romano, Rose's father. But it wasn't. So Nancy comes home and searches through albums and finds a picture of Rose's mother and can tell that the person in the picture was a manican. Nancy was proven right because Nitaka, an evil gypsy, took everything in Enid's trunk that contained the bridal doll and other precious items. Nancy is on her way to Mrs. Struther's when she sees a doll on a red velvet box just like Mrs .Struther's. When Nancy returned with the doll Rose had been reported captured. Nancy found Rose at a near by gypsy camp but when Nancy arrived she was also captured. Nancy and Rose where thrown in a truck and sent to an unknown destination. Then Nancy's father rescues Nancy, Rose, and Romano.

The mystery was solved by Henrietta Bostwick, an unknown gypsy from the start, stole the dolls, Nitaka was thrown in jail, and Nancy discovered that Enid was not in the picture they saw. It was a manican.

What I liked best about this book is that it is about gypsys. I like that because gypsys are fortune tellers and when I think of gypsys I think of fairytales. I liked Rose the best because she is part gypsy and she can play the violin like I used to. I did learn something from this book. Don't take or steel. Borrow and ask. Read __The Clue In The Old Album__ to find out out much more.