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The Secret Pact

The Secret Pact

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Number of Chapters: 25

Length: 04 hours and 27 minutes

Language: English

PENNY PARKER is a teen-aged sleuth and amateur reporter with an uncanny knack for uncovering and solving unusual, sometimes bizarre mysteries. The only daughter of widower Anthony Parker, publisher of the "Riverview Star," Penny has been raised to be self-sufficient, outspoken, innovative, and extraordinarily tenacious. Her cheerful, chatty manner belies a shrewd and keenly observant mind. Penny was the creation of Mildred A. Wirt, who was also the author of the original Nancy Drew series (under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene). Wirt became frustrated when she was pushed to "tone down" Nancy Drew and make her less independent and daring. With Penny Parker, Wirt had a freer hand and received full credit. Wirt once said, " 'I always thought Penny Parker was a better Nancy Drew than Nancy is." In THE SECRET PACT, Penny sees a man savagely pushed off a bridge into the river one foggy night. The man is rescued, but his stubborn denial of the attack, combined with the grotesque octopus tattoo he bears on his back, alerts Penny to the possibility of a deeper mystery. When her editor father, reporter friends, and even the highschool newspaper all reject her story about the incident, she takes matters into her own hands. With her friend Louise's help, Penny starts her own local paper, operating out of a formerly abandoned newspaper plant. As new clues emerge to the "Octopus tattoo" mystery, she enlists the help of anyone willing, even persuading Mrs. Weems to go "under cover." Nothing, not even threats and an unexpected tornado, can deter the determined Miss. Parker. - Summary by Cheryl Adam

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Aboard the Goodtime (Cheryl Adam)
The River's Victim (Cheryl Adam)
The Octopus Tattoo (Cheryl Adam)
A Prospective Tenant (Cheryl Adam)
Cobwebs and Rust (Cheryl Adam)
Headlines and Headaches (Cheryl Adam)
Peter Fenestra (Cheryl Adam)
The Storm Cave (Cheryl Adam)
A Fallen Tree (Cheryl Adam)
A Word to the Wise (Cheryl Adam)
Mr. Judson's Daughter (Cheryl Adam)
Old Horney (Cheryl Adam)
Paper Problems (Cheryl Adam)
An Empty Bedroom (Cheryl Adam)
Information from Tillie (Cheryl Adam)
Behind the Lilacs (Cheryl Adam)
The Art of Tattoo (Cheryl Adam)
Pauletta's Explanation (Cheryl Adam)
Mrs. Weems' Report (Cheryl Adam)
Picnic by Moonlight (Cheryl Adam)
Ellis Saal's Customer (Cheryl Adam)
Ghosts of the Past (Cheryl Adam)
Penny's Plight (Cheryl Adam)
A Barrier of Flames (Cheryl Adam)
Sailor's Revenge (Cheryl Adam)
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