The Witch Tree Symbol

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The Witch Tree Symbol
Author Carolyn Keene
Country United States
Language English
Series Nancy Drew stories
Genre(s) Detective, Mystery novel
Publisher Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date 1955
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
ISBN ISBN 0-448-09532-7
Preceded by Nancy Drew: The Scarlet Slipper Mystery
Followed by Nancy Drew: The Hidden Window Mystery

The Witch Tree Symbol is the thirty-third volume in the Nancy Drew mystery series. It was first published in 1955 under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene. The actual author was ghostwriter Harriet Stratemeyer Adams.

[edit] Plot summary

When a neighbor asks Nancy Drew to accompany her to an old uninhabited mansion, a new mystery opens up, and danger lurks on the second floor. Nancy finds a witch tree symbol that leads her to Pennsylvania Dutch country in pursuit of a cunning and ruthless thief.

The friendly welcome the young detective and her friends Bess and George receive from the Amish people soon changes to hostility when it is rumored that Nancy is a witch! Superstition helps her adversary in his attempt to get her off his trail, but Nancy does not give up. Persistently she uncovers one clue after another.

Nancy's intelligence and sleuthing ability finally lead to the fascinating solution of this puzzling case.