Author(s): Carolyn Keene

Children/Teenage Fiction

Ned's classmate Portia Leoni won last year's Miss Pretty Face River Heights Beauty Pageant. But after Portia was accused of shoplifting dresses from a local boutique, her crown was taken away from her. Portia claims that she's innocent, but why would someone want to frame her? To find out more, I'm going undercover -- as a pageant contestant But going undercover in Miss Pretty Face may be my toughest challenge yet. Everyone seems to have a motive Who knew it was so hard to walk, smile, and wave? I have to find out the truth before someone finds out that I'm anything but a beauty queen