Mystery of Crocodile Island

Mystery of Crocodile Island

Author	Carolyn Keene
Language	English
Series	Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
Genre	Juvenile literature
Publisher	Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date	March 10, 1978
Publication place	United States
ISBN	0-448-09555-6
OCLC	3962224
LC Class	PZ7.K23 Nan no. 55
Preceded by	The Strange Message in the Parchment
Followed by	The Thirteenth Pearl

Mystery of Crocodile Island is the fifty-fifth volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series. It was first published in 1978 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.

Plot

Nancy responds to a friend's frantic call for help and she and her father travel to Crocodile Island with Bess and George to study the reptiles and try to uncover a group of poachers. Upon arriving, the group is kidnapped, but they escape and uncover a sinister plot involving many unsuspected victims.

Trivia

• This book reveals that George's real name is actually "Georgia," but that she hates being called by her actual name.
• It's revealed that Bess's mother's maiden name is "Boonton," but it's never said if that's the maiden name of George's mother (it can be assumed that it isn't).
  • While it mentions in every single book that Bess and George are cousins--presumably first cousins, since they're mentioned as having many of the same aunts, uncles and cousins--from this book, it can be assumed that Bess's father and George's mother are probably brother-and-sister.