A heart-breaker of a friendship story. Sep 16, Luthien rated it liked it Shelves: I'm not sure what to think about the story itself, but the writing was very lyrical. Dec 03, Fatima rated it did not like it. It was a really slow book and it didn't sound good. In other words it was really boring and confusing. I believe it could have been written better. Dec 05, catherine james rated it liked it Shelves: Three stars for the beautiful writing, two stars for the go-nowhere plotting.
Jan 08, Lucie Paris rated it really liked it. At the start, I expected a supernatural story with maybe a love adventure with a Mayan god After all, it's in the air with all the romances about Greek gods and it could have been moose. So even when I was expecting something terrible, I thought of a great happy end. I did not expect that Laura Kasischke addresses in her novel a real trauma in a manner as poignant as well as being suggestive.
A story full of realistic det Reactions: A story full of realistic details would have made the reading difficult or unbearable.
It is a beautiful book about the excesses of youth who travel on Spring Break holidays. It is not a customs in France and high-schoolers or students don't take those breaks but some of them can go on Ibiza for the vacation and the result will be the same: This does not mean that in Europe the dangers are not there, because everything can also degenerate to a party close to your house It's particularly full of drinks and bikinis and most of the time a great deal of fun It is true that the author could warn the readers against the evils of abuse of any kind: She wrote it openly through the advice given by Anne and Michelle's mothers.
But as we all know, parents speeches are not always taken seriously.
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Laura Kasischke has redoubled its efforts while sprinkling the book with scenes where young people had high-risk behavior and lacked of common sense.. But it is the identification with the characters that the reader follow through this adventure that had the most impact. My guts were twisted, I feel a ball in my throat at the scene of the Jeep and Michelle who it out of Anna's reach. Worse, the return of Anna to school She is the one who supports the weight of the disappearance of her friend.
She is a victim too in this tragic adventure. The author could have finished her story in a more hardcore way. But as it is with ads about the dangers of drinking and driving and the gory details you can watch on car accidents, I do not know if the impact would have been stronger. Here the reader's imagination is activated and it is us who make our own movie of the atrocities that have occurred to Michelle. An initiative that has worked wonderfully well for me Read more about this book: Feb 08, Adrienne Santiago rated it liked it.
Teenagers and College Students running around, partying, drinking, laying on the beach and swimming in the pool. In "Feathered" by Laura Kasischke, we follow the lives of three high school graduates on their first Spring Break trip without adults or supervision. First there is Anne, the typical ball of sunshine in her parents' eyes, who does well in school and has deserved this trip to Cancun. Then there is the timid Michelle, who knows she's a "test-tube" baby with no real father and has grown up somewhat neurotic because of it. Finally, there is Terri, the boy crazy blond who is listless and carefree.
The three friends venture on a journey to a foreign country, far from Glendale, and have no idea that they're trip is not just about fun and boys, but real life comes at them at a higher cost than they could have ever imagined. The chapters sort of serve as small vignette's, and go back and forth between Anne and Michelle. While Anne speaks in first person, Michelle's chapters are written in third. Both Anne and Michelle revert to flashbacks of their younger selves, although Anne's are more playful, while Michelle's are darker and strike the reader as foreshadowing. One must read the book in order to truly understand this.
I gave this review three stars because, while I feel the detail and imagery is beautiful and exquisite, I feel that the beginning of the story and instances throughout aren't original. The characters are somewhat complex, but nothing that an audience hasn't read about before, especially to the avid reader. The tone jumps back and forth as the chapters explore what happens to these girls through two different characters.
While the characters feel as free as birds-- and there is much attention paid to with feathers throughout the story-- I feel more like it turns into a Lifetime movie. This is a good novel for a person looking for that type of entertainment, but hardly keeps the attention of a fantasy reader. Nov 10, Aarika H rated it really liked it. They are three good friends that are going to Cancun, Mexico for their Senior year spring break. Their parents make sure that they know not to go with any stranger. When at the hotel Terri meets a guy and they start talking. Michelle and Anne met a worker there that was way older then them.
But they talk about history and Anne get's really interested. Michelle doesn't really care about what their talking ab In the book "Feathered" by Laura Kasischke there are three girls Terri, Michelle and Anne. Michelle doesn't really care about what their talking about but listens anyway. Anne really want's to go but Michelle feels eerie about him and remembers her mom saying "Don't take rides from strangers".
When Michelle was talking to the boys they said that they we're from Illinois which was where Terri, Michelle and Anne were from. She told them that Anne and her came with this creepy guy and didn't want to go back with him. The boys offered them a ride, Michelle felt safe with them because they we're ordinary boys. This book is intense because it keeps you on your toes wondering what happens next. It makes you not want to put the book down.
It helps portray the big picture because it's intense for the characters too and they don't know what's going to happen next. This book compares to some books I've read because some other book I've read we're intense too which you don't want to put it down. In the end the big picture of this book is that you can't trust anyone, and you have to be very very careful when you go to a different country. Don't take rides from people you don't know because it could be dangerous. Jan 19, Hector Gonzalez rated it really liked it. Overall, feathered was an interesting story about two, apparently typical, high school girls, Michelle and Ann, who take a trip to Mexico.
There was a third girl, Terri, but she, to me, was little more than a character probably only necessary to move the plot forward every now and again. Without going in depth into the story, the girls meet a guy who takes them to a famous Mayan site, and from that point on all hell breaks loose. Though it may be a bit extreme, it is a solemn reminder to readers Overall, feathered was an interesting story about two, apparently typical, high school girls, Michelle and Ann, who take a trip to Mexico.
Though it may be a bit extreme, it is a solemn reminder to readers of the stranger danger in other countries providing a reminder of the fragility of human life while also bringing back to light the facts no one likes to talk about. Things like human trafficking, rape and murder.
While these may not have all been included, we are reminded that these things have happened and DO still happen. As far as her writing style, Kasischke has an interesting formula. When travels back and forth between the perspectives of Anne and Michelle. Anne's perspective is first person present, which gives her more of the "main character" feel, while Michelle's is third person past, which gives a sort of omniscient or dream-like feel. As a writer, from Kasischke and her work "Feathered" I feel that I can take this away as a lesson that a story doesn't have to merely follow the rules given to us by teachers and old authors.
Writing is what you make it. Even if it goes outside the norm or if it breaks some or all of the conventional preset formats to writing a story, it is important to remember that it is YOUR story and, ultimately, you make the rules. It was a good book to read, both for story and mechanics, and I recommend it to anyone looking for something normal, yet just outside of the norm.
Jan 13, Allie rated it really liked it. The writing in this book blew me away. It's hard to describe it without using words that sound just a tad pretentious The quality of the writing kept me going although I was not initially a big fan of the switch between 1st person POV for one character and 3rd person for another. Once I got used to it I was fine and I appreciated seeing the same events from two completely different perspectives.
It h The writing in this book blew me away. It has a magical realism vibe, heavily steeped in Mayan culture and Queztalcotal legend, that made me think something supernatural was going to happen.
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I did favor one of the characters much more highly than the other. In fact, the other character made me angry and I am not sure I quite forgave her at the end. The third character was unnecessary to the story, and I am not sure why she was included. Not that it detracted from the story Ultimately, Feathered put a spell on me. I could not put it down. I finished this book the same day Natalee Holloway was declared officially dead, and that made it hit home all the more. I HAD to know if the characters were going to be ok at the end I HAD to know what was going to happen.
This is the kind of book you will think about for days after finishing. I will be reading "The Raising" by this author soon. Apr 21, Jennifer Elizabeth rated it it was ok. I came across Feathered on a whim at the library and figured it be an interesting read of girls on spring break since I was stuck at home for mine. The actual writing style of this book was gorgeous, probably the best I have seen in quiet awhile. I feel like Feathered is just a book of extremely bad choices.
The ending was extremely confusing. I am pretty sure it was a happy ending, but its left at a point that the characters are still going to have a lot to deal with. Just with how careless these characters were and the way I kept thinking you know better distracted from the story. I think being older I can understand the caution a young girl needs to take when going on trips to foreign countries.
I hope the young women and even young men that read this can take the lessons learned in Feathered. Jan 15, Tyler Beusse rated it really liked it. Feathered by Laura Kasischke is a breathtaking and terrifying tale of self-discovery and coming of age. This helps to give a good overall impression of the situation presented in the book without cluttering individual chapters with multiple points of view.
The story follows Anne, Michelle, and Terri; three teenagers leaving the drab surroundings of Illinois to the fun-filled, spr Feathered by Laura Kasischke is a breathtaking and terrifying tale of self-discovery and coming of age. The story follows Anne, Michelle, and Terri; three teenagers leaving the drab surroundings of Illinois to the fun-filled, spring break fever that is Cancun. The most enjoyable aspect of the book was the masterful descriptive capabilities of Kasischke.
Her descriptions of the setting, the people, and the background were rich and evocative. There was a scene in a lush forest where Michelle was walking amongst birds, and it was easily the most memorable in the book. The juxtaposition of a modern world and an ancient, unknowable and mysterious one was vivid and set the tone of the piece very nicely. Although the book was relatively short, the character development and story progression felt natural and complete.
Adams filed a countersuit, claiming that, as author of the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories , she retained the rights to her work. Although Adams had written many Nancy Drew titles after and edited others, she claimed to be the author of all of the early titles. When Mildred Benson , the author of the early Nancy Drew volumes, was called to testify about her work for the Syndicate, Benson's role in writing the manuscripts of early titles was revealed in court with extensive documentation, contradicting Adams' claims to authorship.
Furthermore, any new publishers chosen by Adams were completely within their rights to print new titles. The Hardy Boys have gone through many permutations over the years. Beginning in , the books were extensively revised, and some commentators find that the Hardys' characters changed in the process. The early volumes, largely written by Leslie McFarlane , have been praised for their atmosphere and writing style, qualities often considered lacking in juvenile series books. I opted for Quality. The House on the Cliff , [43]. In general, the world of these early volumes is a "[dark] and Would civilization crumble if kids got the notion that the people who ran the world were sometimes stupid, occasionally wrong and even corrupt at times?
The books' attitudes towards minority characters are a matter of disagreement. These early volumes have been called models of diversity for their day, since among the Hardys' friends are Phil Cohen, who is Jewish , and the Italian immigrant Tony Prito. Vilnoff, for example, the villain in The Sinister Sign-Post , is described as "swarthy" and "a foreigner", notes critic Steve Burgess. We sense his untrustworthy nature immediately when he sits down beside the boys at a football game and doesn't understand it, despite the boys' best efforts to explain. When he does grasp something, you know it.
Later he adds genially, "I haf you vhere I vant you now! Twenty-five chapters are not enough to solve the mystery of his nationality. African Americans are the targets of much racism, being depicted as unintelligent, lazy, and superstitious, [8] "bumpkin rescuers" at best and "secretive and conspiratorial villains" at worst. The end result, however, was less the removal of stereotypes than the removal of non-white characters altogether [55] and the creation of an "ethnically cleansed Bayport. An additional rationale for the revisions was a drop in sales, which became particularly significant by the mids.
The books were shortened from 25 chapters to 20 and the writing style was made terser. The Arctic Patrol Mystery , [63]. In the course of revising and modernizing the series, many plots were completely re-written. The Flickering Torch Mystery , for example, was changed from a plot involving an actual flickering torch used as a signal by a gang to a plot featuring a rock club called "The Flickering Torch. The books became more respectful of law and authority.
Even villains no longer smoked or drank, and scenes involving guns and shoot-outs were compressed or eliminated, in favor of criminals simply giving themselves up. They are members and agents of the adult ruling class, acting on behalf of that ruling class. The Hardy Boys began to be published in paperback in The latter series, modeled on the Nancy Drew Notebooks , was aimed at a younger audience, and ran from to In contrast, the Casefiles , begun a decade earlier in , was aimed at an older audience than the Hardy Boys Mystery Stories.
Hand me the Uzi! I was told the emphasis was on high action and suspense and there had to be a cliff-hanger ending to every chapter. In these volumes, the Hardys' adventures are narrated in the first person, each brother alternating chapters. This fresh approach to telling the adventures reveals two boys quite foreign to how they have been portrayed before, egotistical and jealous, and longtime readers will find few connections with the boys' previous personalities.
The boys' Aunt Gertrude becomes "Trudy", their mother Laura is given a career as a librarian, and their father is semi-retired. In this new series, the Hardy Boys seem "more like regular kids — who have lots of wild adventures — in these books, which also deal with issues that kids today might have thought about. For example, the second book in the series, Running on Fumes , deals with environmentalists who go a little too far to try to save trees.
February saw the launch of The Hardy Boys Adventures , a series written in the first-person. For the first time since , the books will be issued in hardcover, along with paperback editions. The brothers were also featured in a few standalone books, such as The Hardy Boys Ghost Stories , and some crossover titles where they teamed up with other characters such as Nancy Drew or Tom Swift.
Hardy Boys books have been extensively reprinted in the United Kingdom , with new illustrations and cover art. There have been five separate Hardy Boys television adaptations. In the mids, sales of Hardy Boys books began to drop. The Stratemeyer Syndicate conducted a survey, which revealed that the decline in sales was due to the perceived high cost of the books and to competition from television.
Both actors were twenty at the time of production and portrayed the Hardy Boys as young adults rather than children, as they had been in the Mickey Mouse Club serials. The show did poorly, however, and the series was abandoned. Two years later, in , the American Broadcasting Company aired a Saturday morning cartoon series based on the Hardy Boys ; the series was produced by Filmation and ran from to A group of professional musicians performed all the songs on the series, and toured across the United States.
During the first season, the series alternated between episodes featuring the Hardy Boys one week and Nancy Drew the next. The Hardy Boys were cast as young adults Stevenson and Cassidy were twenty-four and eighteen respectively during the filming of the first episodes to appeal to a prime time television audience. The series returned for a third season, dropping the Nancy Drew character completely and shortening its title to The Hardy Boys. The characters were portrayed as in their early twenties, Frank working as a reporter and Joe still in college.
The show lasted for only one season of thirteen episodes due to poor ratings; a series based on Nancy Drew that ran alongside it in syndication suffered the same fate. Oh, that would be really cool to do a hard-boiled noir take on them. The series, a hardboiled noir take on the characters, finds characters Frank and Joe Hardy accused of murdering their father, Fenton Hardy, and turning to a femme fatale-esque Nancy Drew to clear their names. Del Col credits editors Matt Idelson and Matt Humphreys with helping him shape the direction of the series.
The series debuted to amazing reviews. It works on every level and still fully embraces the heart of who they are. Drew, who was absent for most of the first issue. The Disappearing Floor Mystery Of The Flying Express The Flickering Torch Mystery The Melted Coins The Short-Wave Mystery The Secret Panel The Phantom Freighter The Secret Of Skull Mountain The Wailing Siren Mystery The Secret Of Wildcat Swamp The Crisscross Shadow The Yellow Feather Mystery The Hooded Hawk Mystery The Clue In The Embers The Secret Of Pirate's Hill The Ghost At Skeleton Rock The Mystery At Devil's Paw Mystery Of The Chinese Junk Mystery Of The Desert Giant Clue Of The Screeching Owl The Viking Symbol Mystery Mystery Of The Aztec Warrior The Haunted Fort Mystery Of The Spiral Bridge Secret Agent On Flight Mystery Of The Whale Tattoo The Arctic Patrol Mystery The Bombay Boomerang Danger On Vampire Trail The Masked Monkey The Shattered Helmet The Mysterious Caravan The Witchmaster's Key The Jungle Pyramid The Firebird Rocket The Sting Of The Scorpion xx: Detective Handbook Digest Reprints Night Of The Werewolf Mystery Of The Samurai Sword The Pentagon Spy The Apeman's Secret The Mummy Case Mystery Of Smugglers Cove The Stone Idol The revisions have the same basic plot except as noted.
For Sale items available from Amazon. Click on any cover image to enlarge it. Adams pages - For Sale Outline: Rogers modified Art: Original text not known in picture cover PC format. The Hardy Boys solve the theft of Hurd Applegate's treasure not stamps! Description of current edition: A dying criminal confesses that his loot has been stored "in the tower. It remains for the Hardy boys to make an astonishing discovery that clears up the mystery and clears the name of a friend's father.
In my opinion, the original text is the best story in the canon. Original text not known in PC format. The Hardy Boys break up a drug smuggling ring in a spooky old mansion high on the cliffs overlooking Barmet Bay. Frank and Joe Hardy are investigating a mysterious old house high on the cliffs above Barmet Bay when they are frightened off by a scream.
The boys return to the apparently haunted house when they make a connection between the place and a smuggling case their father is working on. When their father goes missing, they have to investigate the caves beneath the house and confront the smugglers. Original text PC editions are harder to find. The Hardy Boys break up a counterfeiting ring centered at an old mill on the outskirts of Bayport.
Counterfeit money is in circulation, and the limit is reached when Mrs. Hardy takes some from a stranger. Then the Hardy boys and their high school chums are warned to stay away from the old mill. Their curiosity plunges them into peril of the most unexpected kind. With two cases in tow, the Hardy boys look to Turner mill for clues. Determined to learn the secret of the old mill, Frank and Joe employ a clever ruse to gain entrance, only to find themselves trapped.
How the young detectives extricate themselves from this dangerous situation and unravel mysteries will keep readers tense with suspense! In the text was slightly modified to correct typos. Bank robbers pursued by Mr. Hardy mistakenly kidnap Chet and Biff, leaving it up to the Hardy Boys to solve the crime and capture the bad guys on Blacksnake Island. When the Hardy Boys set out to solve the mystery of their missing chums, they discover a gang hide-out on an island along the way. In the text on page was modified to add the title of the next book. Jim Lawrence edited and did much rewriting of the revised story.
The Hardy Boys head west to reclaim old miner Jadbury Wilson's lost treasure of gold and defeat Black Pepper and his gang. Timber wolves, a Rocky Mountain blizzard, and a mine cave-in are only a few of the perils Frank and Joe Hardy encounter during their search for the principal members of a notorious gang responsible for a payroll robbery. In the old Montana mining camp of Lucky Lode, the young detectives puzzle over a series of mysterious events. A piano-playing ghost haunts the long-abandoned dance hall.
Eerie blue lights flash from the hilltop cemetery in the dark of night. Strange men arrange a meeting at Shadow the Bear. A suspect disappears through a curtain of frozen ice. How are these events related to the men who kidnapped the boys in Chicago? Who booby-trapped the helicopter which flew the young detectives to the ghost town? And what ever happened to Bart Dawson who seemingly deserted his gold-mining partners twenty-five years ago?
Clue by clue, Frank and Joe cleverly fit into place the scattered pieces of this dangerous puzzle and come up with the astonishing solution. The Hardy Boys help Jack Dodd and his father locate a missing treasure. When the Hardy Boys eagerly agree to assist their friend Jack Dodd and his father in locating a family treasure, the two young detectives are unaware of the baffling complications that will arise. Deadly road traps, aerial ambush, a spider man and a suspect who carries a menacing cane harass the young detectives as they seek the triple solution to this perplexing and exciting mystery.
In the text on page was altered to include the title of the next book. The Hardy Boys locate a missing college professor and solve the sabotage of a local radar station. Triggered by the disappearance of a brilliant young professor, this mystery takes the Hardy boys first to Kenworthy College, where they find a puzzling message on an examination paper.
But then, a new clue is unearthed that sends the young detectives to the Honeycomb Caves. After many dangerous encounters, Frank and Joe discover a powerful searchlight in one of the craggy caverns along the seacoast. In the brilliant white glare of the searchlight, the startling secret of the caves is dramatically revealed. This is probably the most popular story among fans.
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The Hardy Boys solve the mystery of Elroy Jefferson's missing stamp collection while camping on Jefferson's Cabin Island retreat on their Christmas vacation. With two mysteries to solve, Frank and Joe must climb aboard their iceboat the Sea Gull to reach Cabin Island, where a belligerent stranger orders them off.
Sabotage to the boat, danger to themselves, and a ghostly prowler do not daunt the Hardy boys in their search for Johnny Jefferson and for clues to stolen antique medals. How the teenage investigators outwit a ruthless foe and succeed in solving both mysteries makes for mounting suspense in this brisk-paced adventure. Jim Lawrence wrote the precis and Harriet S. Adams wrote the outline for the revised story. The Hardy Boys thwart a mail robbery attempt by their enemy, drunken mail pilot Giles Ducroy. The Boys solve the theft of valuable electronics parts containing platinum.
Valuable electronic parts containing platinum are being stolen from shipments made by Stanwide Mining Equipment's cargo planes, and Frank and Joe are called upon to assist their world-renowned detective father solve the baffling case. While posing as Stanwide employees, the boys look into the truth behind the chief pilot's death at sea.
The puzzling trail of clues leads the young sleuths to an uninhabited Caribbean island, but the final, and most startling, discovery is made in the boys' home town of Bayport. Jim Lawrence edited and did extensive rewriting on the revision. The Hardy Boys break up the Taffy Marr jewel smuggling ring. Frank and Joe race against time to retrieve a scientist's top-secret invention before thieves get their hands on it.
But the young detectives soon discover that they are involved in a mystery far greater in scope than just safeguarding the invention. When Joe is kidnapped, this incident starts Frank of on a chase that could end disastrously for him and his pals. Clemens Gretter Gretta Art: Crazed Amos Wandy is threatening Raymond Dalrymple. The Hardy Boys solve the mystery of the secret locked room in Dalrymple's spooky mansion. A banker who has been receiving threatening notes enlists the help of the Hardy boys.
Before long, the young sleuths find themselves entangled in the investigation of a notorious band of thieves. The Hardy Boys break up a ring smuggling and extorting illegal Chinese aliens. The Hardy Boys foil a plot to steal a top-secret instrument vital to the space program.
A plot to steal a top-secret instrument vital to the United States space program poses a challenging case for Frank and Joe Hardy. After rescuing a South American stowaway who mutters a warning about "Footprints " and then vanishes, Frank and Joe discover that documents belonging to their famous detective father are missing and that footprints linger under a window.
The young detective's search for the diabolical mastermind of the "Footprints" spy ring takes them on a flight to a group of islands off the coast of South America. Clemens Gretter Gretta frontispiece removed in Art: Revised text PC editions with the Gillies artwork are harder to find. The Hardy Boys and Mr. Hardy travel to Mexico to locate a missing witness in an oil rights trial. In their motorboat the Sleuth Frank and Joe Hardy search Barmet Bay for a dangerous stranger who has stolen a valuable boat.
Suddenly, in the eerie fog, they spot the craft drifting aimlessly out to sea. What happens next starts the young detectives and their pal Chet Morton on an intriguing adventure that takes them to Mexico and into the comparatively unexplored desert and mountain regions of Baja California.
In the text on page was modified to include the title of the next book. The dust-jacket edition of the revised text is scarce. The Hardy Boys travel south to end the long-standing Rand-Blackstone feud. The boys once again have jumped into the thick of a complicated mystery. Samuel Blackstone and his brother Ruel Rand live on adjacent properties, and it appears that one of them is out to hurt the other because they are both attacked.
Frank and Joe soon learn that treasure is rumored to be hidden between the two properties, and as they investigate, they learn that others are involved in the apparent plot between the two brothers. Spooky mansions, secret passages and rooms, mysterious characters, and a monster provide an enjoyable atmosphere to this Hardy Boys mystery. McFarlane was originally going to pass on writing this novel but changed his mind when he realized that no other author had as yet written a Hardy Boys book.
Revised text title changed to The Sinister Signpost The Hardy Boys locate a missing race horse and thwart the destructive plans of the insane Vilnoff. The Boys investigate mysterious auto racing accidents and the kidnapping of a race horse. In one of the most dangerous and intriguing cases of their careers, Frank and Joe Hardy help their father investigate a series of mysterious car accidents. The young detectives investigate, only to discover that the signposts have vanished.
The attempted theft of a secret experimental motor and the kidnapping of a famous race horse are part of this thrilling case, which proves to be as sinister as the signposts themselves. Edna Squier nee Stratemeyer Revised: A blind peddler's warning and a weird glass eye plunge Frank and Joe Hardy into one of the most baffling cases they have ever tackled. The young detectives' investigation takes them to a walled estate guarded by savage dogs, where a wealthy businessman is hiding out in fear for his life. In a climax that will hold the reader spellbound with suspense, Frank and Joe find themselves trapped in a sinister house of mystery where there seems to be no escape!
The Hardy Boys go deep sea diving to recover the treasure from the sunken "Katawa" and foil the plans of the thuggish Gus Kuntz. The Hardy Boys investigate the strange disappearance of an ancient Egyptian artifact. The owner of the million-dollar golden Pharaoh's head claims it was aboard the freighter Katawa, which sank not far from Whalebone Island.
But suspicious developments indicate that Mehmet Zufar may be trying to defraud the shipping line's insurance company. Frank and Joe enthusiastically accept the challenge of their famous detective father to assist him in investigating the complex case for Transmarine Underwriters. Adams also signed a release form for the original edition. PC edition with Nancy Drew title list on back cover is scarce. A series of museum thefts launch the Hardy Boys on this baffling mystery. Rare collections of ancient pirate treasure are being stolen, so Frank and Joe are asked to stake out the Black Parrot, a suspicious freighter docked in Bayport Harbor.
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This whirlwind chase after a self-styled pirate king in the Caribbean stronghold of the Empire of the Twisted Claw makes a gripping tale of suspense and high adventure.. Original text PC editions are scarce. The original text edition is generally regarded as the worst written story in the canon. The Hardy Boys track down a gang of jewel thieves in a mysterious old mansion. Once again Frank and Joe Hardy take on a puzzling case when their famous detective father asks the boys to assist him in tracking down a notorious jewel thief and his accomplices.
The trail leads to the outskirts of the Hardys' home town and to a weirdly guarded mansion on the old Perth estate. With their pal Chet Morton, the brothers must tackle the mystery of the mansion heir's sudden death. A disappearing floor, a huge, savage-looking, hound, a galloping ghost, and a college professor's startling invention are just a few of the strange elements that complicate the boys' efforts to solve both mysteries.
The Boys investigate the disappearance of the speedy hydrofoil ferry, the Flying Express. A sleek new hydrofoil is scheduled to start ferrying passengers between Bayport and Cape Cutlass. But business enemies of the hydrofoil owner have stirred up a hornets' nest of violent opposition among small boat owners. Startling developments plunge the teenage detectives into a dangerous chase by sea, air, and land in pursuit of a gang of hardened criminals who operate by the signs of the Zodiac.
Peril stalks Frank and Joe's every moves as they hunt down the terrifying gangleader Zodiac Zig and his vicious henchmen. Pre PC editions with blank endpapers are scarce. The Hardy Boys break up a truck hijacking ring and solve the mystery of the theft of Arthur Barker's swords. Frank and Joe Hardy become involved in an intriguing mystery which revolves around their fencing master, Ettore Russo. Proof that Russo is the rightful heir to his grandfather's estate hinges on retrieving the guard end of a broken saber lost many years ago in California.
The young investigators' quest is complicated by a bank robbery during which some of their father's important records are stolen. A chase ensues in the grape-growing region of California as the boys engage in a dangerous game of hide-and-seek with the bank robbery gang. Another source indicates Andrew Svenson as author of the revised edition. PC editions lacking the white over-printing on the back cover are scarce.
The Hardy Boys solve the mystery of Asa Grable's missing silk moths and the theft of construction materials. The Boys investigate mysterious plane crashes and contraband uranium isotopes. Two unexplainable plane crashes near an airport on the East Coast plunge Frank and Joe Hardy into a bizarre case. From the moment Frank and Joe find a radioactive engine in an airplane junkyard, unexpected dangers strike like lightning.
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Despite the repeated attempts on their lives, the teenage detectives pursue their investigation, discovering two vital clues and others that provide the solution to one of the most baffling mysteries the boys and Mr. Hardy have ever encountered. Svenson pages - For Sale Outline: In my opinion the original version is the stupidest plot premise of any Hardy Boys story.
The Hardy Boys foil a coin counterfeiting ring who are stealing valuable rare coins and melting them down to make counterfeits of circulating coinage. The Boys solve the swindling of their pal, Chet Morton, and the theft of a golden Seneca Indian relic. Frank and Joe Hardy suspect that their best friend Chet Morton is the victim of a summer school swindle and offer to help get his money back. A startling connection between the Zoar College swindle and the theft of the Seneca's gold tribal relic Spoon Mouth propels the teenage sleuths into a series of perplexing and dangerous situations.
Finally by the fall, the book was completed although he still hadn't sent in the release form. In minor modifications were made to the text. Another source indicates David Grambs wrote the revision. The Hardy Boys head to Hudson Bay to solve the theft of radio parts.