The Purple Fingerprint

By Carolyn Keene

Nancy gets the big picture from a really tiny clue!
Nancy and her friends love Mr. Lizard's Funhouse -- it's their favorite TV show. But now Mr. Lizard is going to be replaced -- by a cooking show! Nancy gets the kids in school to sign a petition to save the Show, but when she brings it to the TV station, it says in big purple letters, "Get rid of Mr. Lizard!"
From the lunch lady to a science whiz kid, anyone in school Could have written the nasty note. Then Nancy's father gives her a special gift -- a magnifying glass. It's just the thing for an upclose look at her best clue -- a distinctive purple fingerprint!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aladdin
• Release date: Jun 20, 2002
• ISBN: 9780743437059

Carolyn Keene

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

Book preview

Save Mr. Lizard! Save Mr. Lizard!

We have something for Mr. Lizard, Karen Koombs said to the security guard at the TV station. She held out the envelope containing the petition.

I’ll take it, a woman said. I’m Jane, the producer of the show.

And I’m that other guy, a man with bright red hair said with a wink.

It’s him! Bess squealed under her breath. It’s Mr. Lizard.

Nancy and her friends hurried out of the station and onto the sidewalk. Nancy felt very proud—until the doors swung open and Mr. Lizard marched out.

Is this some kind of joke? Mr. Lizard asked. He reached into the envelope and pulled out a sheet of notebook paper.

Everyone gasped. Written on it in big purple letters were the words Get rid of Mr. Lizard!!

The Nancy Drew Notebooks

#  1 The Slumber Party Secret

#  2 The Lost Locket

#  3 The Secret Santa

#  4 Bad Day for Ballet

#  5 The Soccer Shoe Clue

#  6 The Ice Cream Scoop

#  7 Trouble at Camp Treehouse

#  8 The Best Detective

#  9 The Thanksgiving Surprise

#10 Not Nice on Ice

#11 The Pen Pal Puzzle

#12 The Puppy Problem

#13 The Wedding Gift Goof

#14 The Funny Face Fight

#15 The Crazy Key Clue

#16 The Ski Slope Mystery

#17 Whose Pet Is Best?

#18 The Stolen Unicorn

#19 The Lemonade Raid

#20 Hannah’s Secret

#21 Princess on Parade

#22 The Clue in the Glue

#23 Alien in the Classroom

#24 The Hidden Treasures

#25 Dare at the Fair

#26 The Lucky Horseshoes

#27 Trouble Takes the Cake

#28 Thrill on the Hill

#29 Lights! Camera! Clues!

#30 It’s No Joke!

#31 The Fine-Feathered Mystery

#32 The Black Velvet Mystery

#33 The Gumdrop Ghost

#34 Trash or Treasure?

#35 Third-Grade Reporter

#36 The Make-Believe Mystery

#37 Dude Ranch Detective

#38 Candy Is Dandy

#39 The Chinese New Year Mystery

#40 Dinosaur Alert!

#41 Flower Power

#42 Circus Act

#43 The Walkie-talkie Mystery

#44 The Purple Fingerprint

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THE NANCY DREW NOTEBOOKS®

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The Purple Fingerprint

CAROLYN KEENE

ILLUSTRATED BY JAN NAIMO JONES

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons living or dead is entirely coincidental.

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Copyright © 2001 by Simon & Schuster, Inc.