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Their SOS ignored in a storm, the Hardy boys find a wallet containing two thousand dollars alongside their boat and are launched into a mystery involving diverse clues.Tags
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This book is not only just a mystery but also teaches the reader about bragging and money management. Sly and effective.
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Franklin W. Dixon Franklin W. Dixon is actually a pseudonym for any number of ghostwriters who have had the distinction of writing stories for the Hardy Boys series. The series was originally created by Edward Stratmeyer in 1926, the same mastermind of the Nancy Drew detective series, Tom Swift, the Rover Boys and other characters. While show more Stratmeyer created the outlines for the original series, it was Canadian writer Leslie McFarlane who breathed life to the stories and created the persona Franklin W. Dixon. McFarlane wrote for the series for over twenty years and is credited with success of the early collection of stories. As the series became more popular, it was pared down, the format changed and new ghostwriters added their own flavor to the stories. Part of the draw of the Hardy Boys is that as the authors changed, so to did the times and the story lines. While there is no one true author of the series, each ghostwriter can be given credit for enhancing the life of this series and never unveiling that there really is no Franklin W. Dixon. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Wailing Siren Mystery
- Original title
- Hardy Boys #30
- Original publication date
- 1951; 1968 (revised) (revised)
- People/Characters
- Frank Hardy; Joe Hardy; Aunt Gertrude; Chet Morton; Biff Hooper; Tony Prito (show all 8); Callie Shaw; Iola Morton
- Important places
- Bayport, USA
- First words
- The Sleuth roared toward Barmet Bay as fast as its propeller could churn the sullen sea.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)... Want to hunt for them?"
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The brothers grinned. "We'll use some of it to help pay for all of that camping equipment you charged," Joe said.
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- English, German, Norwegian (Bokmål)
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 12
- UPCs
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- ASINs
- 20