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    Green-Eyed Monster: Book One in the Eco Mystery Trilogy
    Green-Eyed Monster: Book One in the Eco Mystery Trilogy
    Green-Eyed Monster: Book One in the Eco Mystery Trilogy
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    Green-Eyed Monster: Book One in the Eco Mystery Trilogy

    By Carolyn Keene

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    George, Bess, and I were so excited when we won an amazing vacation at an eco-resort in Costa Rica. Fun, sun, surf -- all in the name of ecology and helping to keep our planet clean. But, as always, dirty business seems to follow me wherever I go, and this resort isn't as spic 'n' span as we originally thought.

    After a string of increasingly dangerous "accidents," it seems that there is a jealous predator staying at the resort, making trouble for the management and the guests. Against the urging of my friends, I know that I need to take this case and get to the bottom of it before our entire week at Casa Verde is ruined -- or worse. Can I uncover who is sabotaging the press tour before it's too late? Or will our vacation come to an unhappy end?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAladdin
    Release dateDec 1, 2009
    ISBN9781416998280
    Green-Eyed Monster: Book One in the Eco Mystery Trilogy
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    Carolyn Keene

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      Green-Eyed Monster - Carolyn Keene

      All is not as green as it seems.

      Everyone seemed to be looking at something in Frankie’s hand. In fact, Frankie and Sarene seemed to be at the center of the group, looking down at whatever Frankie held.

      This is no minor annoyance, Deirdre, Frankie was saying. She waved whatever she was holding in the air—it looked like a piece of notepaper. This isn’t like when Cristobal lost our luggage. This is a threat!

      George grabbed the paper from Frankie, who looked less than thrilled about giving it up. Then she ran over to Bess and me and pressed the note into my hands.

      This was taped on Frankie and Sarene’s door when they went to change for dinner, George explained.

      I looked down. A message was written in huge block letters.

      TELL YOUR NEW YORK GLOBE THAT

      CASA VERDE IS A SHAM. LOOK DEEPER.

      AND WATCH OUT!

      NANCY DREW

      GIRL DETECTIVE®

      #1 Without a Trace

      #2 A Race Against Time

      #3 False Notes

      #4 High Risk

      #5 Lights, Camera . . .

      #6 Action!

      #7 The Stolen Relic

      #8 The Scarlet Macaw Scandal

      #9 Secret of the Spa

      #10 Uncivil Acts

      #11 Riverboat Ruse

      #12 Stop the Clock

      #13 Trade Wind Danger

      #14 Bad Times, Big Crimes

      #15 Framed

      #16 Dangerous Plays

      #17 En Garde

      #18 Pit of Vipers

      #19 The Orchid Thief

      #20 Getting Burned

      #21 Close Encounters

      #22 Dressed to Steal

      #23 Troubled Waters

      #24 Murder on the Set

      #25 Trails of Treachery

      #26 Fishing for Clues

      #27 Intruder

      #28 Mardi Gras Masquerade

      #29 The Stolen Bones

      #30 Pagent Perfect Crime

      #31 Perfect Cover

      #32 Perfect Escape

      #33 Secret Identity

      #34 Identity Theft

      #35 Identity Revealed

      #36 Model Crime

      #37 Model Menace

      #38 Model Suspect

      Available from Aladdin

      CAROLYN KEENE

      NANCY DREW

      GIRL DETECTIVE®

      GREEN-EYED MONSTER #39

      Book One in the

      Eco Mystery Trilogy

      If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that this book is stolen property. It was reported as unsold and destroyed to the publisher, and neither the author nor the publisher has received any payment for this stripped book.

      This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

      ALADDIN

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      First Aladdin paperback edition December 2009

      Copyright © 2009 by Simon & Schuster, Inc.

      All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or

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      NANCY DREW and colophon are registered trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

      NANCY DREW: GIRL DETECTIVE is a trademark of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

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      Designed by Sammy Yuen Jr.

      The text of this book was set in Bembo.

      Manufactured in the United States of America

      1009 OFF

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      Library of Congress Control Number 2008943894

      ISBN 978-1-4169-7844-2

      ISBN 978-1-4169-9828-0 (eBook)

      1   I ♥ the Earth

      2   Casa Verde

      3   Look Deeper

      4   Frankie and Nora

      5   Young Hooligans

      6   Mrs. Arrojo

      7   A Little Night Snooping

      8   Late-Night Secrets

      9   Horsing Around

      10   The Wrong Partner

      11   Family Ties

      12   The Real Culprit

      13   Postcard from Costa Rica

      I ♥ THE EARTH

      So what exactly is a green fair? I asked my friends Bess and George as we walked across the River Heights High School parking lot to the gymnasium entrance. I’ve heard of a state fair. A science fair. Even a health fair. What’s a green fair?"

      Bess chuckled. Well, it’s basically like a health fair or a science fair, but with exhibits about how you can live more greenly.

      George, Bess’s cousin, wrinkled her nose. "Is that a word? Greenly?"

      Bess sighed. It is now. And you know what I mean. We reached the gymnasium doors, and Bess pulled them open and waited for us to go in. Ecologically responsible? Environmentally friendly? However you want to say it.

      Inside, I gasped at the sheer size of the fair. The entire gymnasium was filled to the brim with exhibits—from companies advertising green products, departments from the River Heights government, even kids from the local school district. Huge posters encouraged us to live green. But I could see that we were looking at only a tiny fraction of what the fair had to offer. The exhibits stretched all the way to the far end of the gymnasium, and then even farther, down the hallway.

      Bess grabbed a sheet from a table to our right. This says there are sixty more exhibitors in the cafeteria! she cried. Oh! And there’s a cooking class for locally grown food going on right now! And you can learn how to greenify your cleaning routine! And how to convert your car to run on old cooking grease!

      George made a face. Yeeecch.

      I nodded. "That sounds like a good idea, I allowed, but wouldn’t you always be craving french fries?"

      Bess kept reading the program. Oh, it looks like you can only do it to a car that runs on diesel, she murmured, sounding seriously disappointed. I guess you’ll just have to stick with your hybrid, Nance.

      I sighed dramatically. Bummer.

      George looked around impatiently. Well, let’s get started, she suggested, gesturing to the first aisle. At this rate, it will take us three hours to see everything, and I wanted to get some things done this afternoon.

      Bess scoffed. Get things done? What could be more important than saving the planet?

      George shrugged. Cleaning up my room? she suggested. It’s becoming a biohazard.

      We paused in front of the first exhibit, where a pungent smell hit my nose.

      Ugh. What’s that smell? Bess asked quietly, suddenly looking less than enchanted by the green way of life.

      It smells like . . . garbage, complained George, placing her hand over her nose.

      I shook my head. No, it’s more like . . . a farm? I suggested, taking another sniff. I couldn’t say it was pleasant, but it wasn’t totally gross, either.

      Suddenly the woman staffing the exhibit finished her conversation with an older couple and turned to the three of us. Hello there, she said cheerfully. Are you here to learn about composting in your backyard?

      Bess laughed. "Oh, composting! she cried, seeming to place the smell. We’re old pros at composting, right, girls? Remember in third grade?"

      Back when we were all in third grade, our teacher had taught a section on the environment and we all learned how to compost. George laughed. Oh, yeah. See, I’ve supported the environmental cause before!

      The woman, whose name tag read SANDY, smiled patiently, then opened a tall ceramic pot to show us the compost she was collecting inside. You just save all your natural waste—vegetable peels, coffee grounds, even eggshells. Get yourself a nice composting box or pail for the winter, and let it break down naturally. Composting takes natural waste out of landfills and provides a powerful fertilizer. Do you garden?

      I nodded my head. We do keep a small garden in the backyard.

      Sandy smiled. Great, then! Let me show you a few of the basics.

      All right, guys, George said with a sigh, glancing at her watch. Let’s keep it moving. We only have about six hundred more exhibits to check out.

      Okay, okay, I agreed, thanking the woman again and tucking the pamphlets she’d given me into my pocket. I must not have been paying much attention to where I was going, because the next thing I knew I slammed into a girl who was trying to get past the compost exhibit. As I began to stammer an apology, she sighed loudly.

      I’m sorry, I must not have been paying attention, I apologized.

      Nancy? A familiar, not-entirely-welcome voice hit my ears, and I glanced up to see, sure enough: Deirdre.

      Deirdre, I greeted her, forcing a warm smile onto my face. "I’m surprised to see you here!" Deirdre Shannon has her good points, but I never would have pegged her as a girl who would care about saving the earth—especially if it meant she couldn’t buy her favorite brand of mascara.

      Deirdre glared at me as though I had slapped her. I could say the same about you, Nancy.

      I tried to soften my tone. Have you been in the cafeteria yet? I hear there are tons more exhibits there.

      Deirdre shook her head. "I just got here. I just had to get away from that stanky compost exhibit. I mean really, who wants garbage rotting in their kitchen?"

      Bess, who seemed to have noticed I’d been held up, suddenly swept over. You know, composting reduces the waste going into landfills and creates a great natural fertilizer that makes it easier for you to grow your own food, she told Deirdre. I was pretty sure she was quoting verbatim the front of one of the brochures the woman had given me, but I didn’t say anything.

      Hello, Bess, Deirdre said coolly, looking about as happy to see Bess as I’d been to see Deirdre.

      Hello, George added, joining our circle. Deirdre, I didn’t know you were a budding environmentalist.

      Bess giggled. That’s cute! she said. "Get it? Budding environmentalist?"

      George groaned, but I couldn’t help but chuckle. Deirdre looked at us like we were speaking Chinese.

      "Everybody who’s anybody is embracing environmentalism these days," she told us, standing up

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