Foul Play

by Franklin W. Dixon

When rumors that a major college football team is about to throw a championship game on which big money is riding, Joe and Frank are sent to infiltrate the team.

Genres: Mystery, Young Adult, Adventure, Fiction, Childrens

192 pages, Paperback

Published November 27, 2007

About the author

Franklin 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.

Reviews

[Anthony B · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book because my favorite sport is football. I thought that Hardy Boys was a good book because there was active things that were really cool. The book was easy and hard to read. Hard because some of the words in the book i did not know how to pronounce and those words were new. Easy because the book was not long and almost all of the words were easy and fast to read. This was my first Hardy Boys book and I really liked so I would want to read another one of the books.

[Luca Taylor · Rating 5 out of 5]

The book that I am reviewing is called the hardy boys by Franklin w.dixon
And I decided to read it because the majority of it was about american football and I love my american football. But most of it was about to brothers and they had to find out who were going to throw the championship game. One of the characters names was flynner and he was The quarter back of the team and he was a big suspect of throwing the game. My favorite quote from the book is "you mean betting" because it sounds like a lot more things are getting involved than american football. I've thought more deeply about the kicker position in american football because he can win a game for any team.

[Bookish Indulgenges with b00k r3vi3ws · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Elaine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the first Hardy Boys book I've ever read. I read it to Timothy, who liked it so much that he spent almost 3 hours straight reading it. I have no idea how it compares to other Hardy Boys, or what is typical of this series, but as a stand-alone book, it was a good mystery to solve, a bunch of twists and surprises. Complex enough to make it interesting, but still believable. They solve it rather quickly/easily, but that makes sense for a kids' book.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Foul Play sees the Hardy Boys solve a mysterious gambling racket at a college football team. Joe goes undercover on the team and Frank becomes an undercover water boy. This is one of the more interesting story lines and the action is good.

[Arnav · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book. The best part was in the end, how he busted the coach red-handed!!!! The best character was Frank Hardy since he was helping more by going undercover as a quarterback. I recommend this to mystery lovers.

[Tony · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’m a fan of roller coasters, not football. Despite that, I can say this is the best of the undercover brothers series that I’ve read, not Thrill Ride. Even without Chet Morton, this book even exceeds some of the original Hardy Boys books.

[Hasara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent work :)

[Mohamed Sadiq · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it! Bigs twists as expected from Franklin W.Dixon!

[Sourav J Dasgupta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gripping story line....loved it!!