TM 2 GRAPHIC NOVELS BY PETRUCHA, KINNEY & MURASE NANCY NANCY DREW DIARIES Doggone Town TWO GRAPHIC NOVELS IN ONE Sleight of Dan DOGGONE TOWN OF DAN SLEIGHT KEENE CARO LYN LYN Doggone Town Sleight of Dan On a mission to return a lost dog, A magical night turns sour when PETRUCHA Nancy Drew and her boyfriend, Ned the magician’s assistant goes missing. KINNEY Nickerson, stumble upon a mystery! Nancy, George, and Bess must solve Where is everyone in the small town the case, and only a hungry green of Nevershare? Will they solve the anaconda stands in their way! GUZMAN MURASE mystery…or vanish themselves? $9.99 US / $11.50 CAN TM BASED ON THE SERIES BY Dedicated to publishing great graphic novels for all ages. papercutz.com TM CAROLYN KEENE 7 TM ND#7COVER.indd 1 1/24/16 10:23 AM Girl detective Nancy Drew here. Nothing like starting a mystery with a spooky house in a thunderstorm, eh? Only in this case, the spooky house is mine. Oh, it wouldn’t be nearly as spooky if the storm hadn’t blown the lights out, and my lawyer dad, Carson Drew, weren’t out of town on business! And yeah, there is that shadowy figure poking about in my room! Let’s see who it is, shall we? ChapterChapter One:One: intruderintruder inin thethe mudmud - 5 - ND#7_INT.indd 5 1/24/16 10:09 AM Ha! Fooled you. it’s just Hannah, our housekeeper! Nancy? You in here? She’s been sort of a mother to me as long as I can remember. Always worried about one thing or another. Eh? Of course, in this case you can’t blame her for being a little antsy, what with the storm, and the lights… - 6 - ND#7_INT.indd 6 1/24/16 10:09 AM …and the fact that my room is a total mess! Not like I forgot to clean it, more like there’d been a struggle. And I can only imagine what she must have been thinking when something moved under the sheets! {gasp} - 7 - ND#7_INT.indd 7 1/24/16 10:09 AM But Hannah’s not the sort to back down, even when afraid, especially if she’s worried about me. I’ve always admired that about her… …even if, as they say, discretion is sometimes the better part of valor. Which means, basically, sometimes you should look very carefully before you leap. - 8 - ND#7_INT.indd 8 1/24/16 10:09 AM Or something might leap on you! - 9 - ND#7_INT.indd 9 1/24/16 10:09 AM A devil! I’ve seen a devil! I’d have told her I was fine if I’d heard her, but I was down in the basement digging up extra flashlights with my pals bess marvin and george fayne. A devil! What’s wrong? Run! Run! Hannah? All of you! - 10 - ND#7_INT.indd 10 1/24/16 10:09 AM Bess and george are so different, I often have to remind myself that they’re cousins. Well, better go She see what seemed scared pretty her. worried. You think? is there any point in telling nancy that if hannah was scared, it could be dangerous up there? Nope. Girl detective plus mystery equals trouble. - 11 - ND#7_INT.indd 11 1/24/16 10:09 AM What’s George is right. I am always that getting myself into trouble. light? But how else can you solve A ufo? a mystery if you’re not willing to take some risks? What’sWhat’s GeorgeNo.George is right.is right. I am I amalways always thatthat Lightning.gettinggetting myself myself into into trouble. trouble. light?light? There’sButBut how howa else else can can you you solve solve A ufo?A ufo? a mysterya mystery if you’reif you’re not not storm,George is right. I am always What’s remember?willingwilling to totake take some some risks? risks? that getting myself into trouble. What’slight? GeorgeBut how is else right. can I am you always solve thatA ufo? gettinga mystery myself if you’re into trouble. not light? Butwilling how elseto take can some you solverisks? 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No. Lightning. There’s a it’s storm, okay, guys. remember? I think whatever it was is gone. And my pals, bless ‘em, The mud on the floor are always behind me. was drying, but the Hm… mud on my bureau and Sometimes a few feet behind me, but behind me. but maybe the sill was still wet, not too which meant it was far gone. it’sit’s very recent. okay,okay, guys. guys. I thinkI think whatever whatever Hannah’s “devil” could be it wasit’s is it was is right outside in the tree. okay,gonegone guys.. Iit’s think okay,whatever guys. TheThe mud mud on on the the floor floor Iit think was is waswas drying drying, but, but the the whatevergone. mudmud on on my mybureau bureau and and it was is thethe sill sill was was still still wet wet, , The mud on the floor gone. whichwhich meant meant it was it was verywasvery recent. drying recent., but the Themud mud on on my thebureau floor and wasthe dryingsill was, but still the wet , mudwhich on meantmy bureau it was and thevery sillHannah’s recent. Hannah’swas still “devil” “devil” wet could, could be be whichright meantright outside it outside was in thein the tree. tree. very recent. - 12 - Hannah’s “devil” could be right outside in the tree. it’s Hannah’s “devil” could be okay, guys. right outside in the tree. I think ND#7_INT.indd 12 1/24/16 10:09 AM whatever it was is gone. The mud on the floor was drying, but the mud on my bureau and the sill was still wet, which meant it was very recent. Hannah’s “devil” could be right outside in the tree. Which meant, of course, I had to follow. it’s not as dangerous Just for as it looks. Not for me, once couldn’t anyway. Dad says I was we hang out and climbing this tree since watch a dvd before I could walk. like normal people? Elec- Of course, it tricity’s out, probably wasn’t remember? raining then. Right. How about shadow- puppets? - 13 - ND#7_INT.indd 13 1/24/16 10:09 AM.