Barbie is one of the top girls' properties - the world's #1 fashion doll. Now Scholastic is on the Barbie bandwagon with stories starring Barbie as a reporter with a nose for a mystery. Barbie's friend Kira has gotten her front-row seats to the world premiere of the new play The Masked Stranger. Barbie is thrilled. She's going to review the play for her newspaper, and now she's sure to get a close-up of the priceless jeweled mask used in the performance. But when the mask goes missing in the middle of the show, it looks like someone's out to steal more than just the spotlight! It's up to Barbie to go backstage and hunt down clues to catch that crook.