num_pages: 176
description: Adventure abounds on the Bonny Scot in Boston Harbor as Nancy helps Captain Easterly uncover the mystery of his ghostly visitors. From the moment, the clever young detective and her friends, Bess and George, stay on the old clipper ship they are confronted with fire, theft, unseen trespassers and other dangers. Nancy faces an additional challenge: to find a clue to the clipper’s missing figurehead. The lost “wooden lady” is needed establish a clear title to the ship. Nancy wonders why the prime suspect in the recent robbery at the Marvin home is in Boston and is easily entering and leaving the Bonny Scot without being seen! This book is the revised text. The plot of the original story (©1950) is similar with minor revisions.
language: English
title: The Secret of the Wooden Lady
titlecomplete: The Secret of the Wooden Lady (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #27)
characters: Nancy Drew, Officer Kelly (Nancy Drew), Carson Drew, Mr. Simmons (Nancy Drew), George Fayne, Mr. Marvin, Bess Marvin, Donald Blake (Nancy Drew), Hannah Gruen, Chief McGinnis, Ned Nickerson, Mr. Beaman, Captain Easterly, Officer Flynn (Nancy Drew)
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Juvenile, Suspense, Classics, Mystery Thriller, Young Adult, Detective, Childrens, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 5765
series: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
publisher: Grosset & Dunlap