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The Hardy Boys Casefiles #41
Highway Robbery
When you pack a valuable load, you always ride with danger.
The highway can be a very dangerous place -- especially when you're carrying a heavy cargo. The Hardys have gone undercover, determined to crack a truck hijacking scheme, but a ruthless gang of thugs are just as determined to run them off the road.
The hijackers are spreading terror on the interstates, and whoever gets in their way could end up on a one-way dead-end street. Someone's going to eat asphalt, but Frank and Joe are prepared. They're gunning the engines and riding the roads on eighteen wheels of diesel-powered chrome and steel.
The highway can be a very dangerous place -- especially when you're carrying a heavy cargo. The Hardys have gone undercover, determined to crack a truck hijacking scheme, but a ruthless gang of thugs are just as determined to run them off the road.
The hijackers are spreading terror on the interstates, and whoever gets in their way could end up on a one-way dead-end street. Someone's going to eat asphalt, but Frank and Joe are prepared. They're gunning the engines and riding the roads on eighteen wheels of diesel-powered chrome and steel.
160 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1990
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About the author
Franklin W. Dixon
760 books994 followersFranklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who were part of a team that wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate (now owned by Simon & Schuster). Dixon was also the writer attributed for the Ted Scott Flying Stories series, published by Grosset & Dunlap.
Canadian author Leslie McFarlane is believed to have written the first sixteen Hardy Boys books, but worked to a detailed plot and character outline for each story. The outlines are believed to have originated with Edward Stratemeyer, with later books outlined by his daughters Edna C. Squier and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. Edward and Harriet also edited all books in the series through the mid-1960s. Other writers of the original books include MacFarlane's wife Amy, John Button, Andrew E. Svenson, and Adams herself; most of the outlines were done by Adams and Svenson. A number of other writers and editors were recruited to revise the outlines and update the texts in line with a more modern sensibility, starting in the late 1950s.
The principal author for the Ted Scott books was John W. Duffield.
Canadian author Leslie McFarlane is believed to have written the first sixteen Hardy Boys books, but worked to a detailed plot and character outline for each story. The outlines are believed to have originated with Edward Stratemeyer, with later books outlined by his daughters Edna C. Squier and Harriet Stratemeyer Adams. Edward and Harriet also edited all books in the series through the mid-1960s. Other writers of the original books include MacFarlane's wife Amy, John Button, Andrew E. Svenson, and Adams herself; most of the outlines were done by Adams and Svenson. A number of other writers and editors were recruited to revise the outlines and update the texts in line with a more modern sensibility, starting in the late 1950s.
The principal author for the Ted Scott books was John W. Duffield.
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February 20, 2020
I used to read The Hardy Boys when I was in my tween age and I loved them! So when I found this book on the reduced rack at the library, I decided to read it. I figured I would grow up out of these books and it wouldn't be as exciting as it was when I used to read them, but I was wrong....😅 these books are written cleanly and i would recommend them for any young readers.
April 29, 2019
A trucking company has fallen prey to hijackers recently. The Hardys need to find a way to stop the culprits, and they have to figure out which employee is secretly working with the hijackers. There is a third mystery, which is solving a murder, but Frank and Joe pawn that mystery off on their father.
Their plan is to lure the culprits out of hiding, by pretending to do a normal shipment. Secretly, the Hardys follow after the truck. Once the hijacking starts, they will jump out and catch the culprits by surprise. The Hardys do this plan three times in a row, which is incredibly stupid. How can you expect to surprise the culprits, by doing the same thing over and over?
As per usual for this series, there is a lot of action and near-death scenes with the culprits, as well as a surprise culprit. I liked some parts of the book, but I found the majority of it to be less exciting as other entries in the series. I suppose fans of cars and trucks would enjoy this book more than I did, as the Hardys do lots of exciting things around cars and trucks.
Their plan is to lure the culprits out of hiding, by pretending to do a normal shipment. Secretly, the Hardys follow after the truck. Once the hijacking starts, they will jump out and catch the culprits by surprise. The Hardys do this plan three times in a row, which is incredibly stupid. How can you expect to surprise the culprits, by doing the same thing over and over?
As per usual for this series, there is a lot of action and near-death scenes with the culprits, as well as a surprise culprit. I liked some parts of the book, but I found the majority of it to be less exciting as other entries in the series. I suppose fans of cars and trucks would enjoy this book more than I did, as the Hardys do lots of exciting things around cars and trucks.
June 16, 2019
When I first read Hardy Boys, I think I was in class 5, I had such a crush on Frank Hardy. I liked the brainy one over the brawny one and that sums up my first impression of Hardy Boys.
In their late teens, Frank and Joe Hardy take after their detective father Fenton Hardy. Frank is the older of the two and has more breakthroughs in the cases because he is the brainy one. Joe is the younger brother who more often than not is useful when things get hot and they need to fight their way out.
Like Nancy Drew, the books in the The Hardy Boys series re written by ghostwriters under the collective pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. And yes, the earlier books were better than the latter ones.
In their late teens, Frank and Joe Hardy take after their detective father Fenton Hardy. Frank is the older of the two and has more breakthroughs in the cases because he is the brainy one. Joe is the younger brother who more often than not is useful when things get hot and they need to fight their way out.
Like Nancy Drew, the books in the The Hardy Boys series re written by ghostwriters under the collective pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. And yes, the earlier books were better than the latter ones.
July 19, 2014
Highway is always a dangerous place.
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