Bound for Danger

Hardy Boys Adventures #13

by Franklin W. Dixon

Brother detectives Frank and Joe find themselves on the basketball court and in the midst of a dangerous team initiation scheme in this thrilling Hardy Boys adventure.

Joe and Frank are taken aback when Principal Gerther announces that they need more extracurriculars on their school transcript, and he’s signed them up for the basketball team. They think it’s odd because they both stink at basketball!

But the Hardys soon find out that their principal isn’t acting out of concern for their college applications; he wants them to solve a dangerous mystery on the team. It turns out that a band of masked players are kidnapping new team members and then beating them up, blackmailing them, and threatening them—all in an effort to boost performance.

Can the boys step up to the line and stop the shadiness?

Genres: Mystery, Adventure, Middle Grade, Childrens, Young Adult, Audiobook

138 pages, Hardcover

Published October 11, 2016

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

[Andrea Cox · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's imperative that children are taught the difference between right and wrong. This book tackles the consequences of hazing in high school. It's a great picture of how meanness can escalate so fast and that it's so tough to stand strong as a nice person in the midst of that type of behavior. This story encourages folks to stand strong for what is right and good and kind.

Once again, Tim Gregory was a very engaging narrator. I'm learning that I won't get bored if he's the one reading the book!

Content: one expletive

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun quick read for a challenge

[Raine · Rating 3 out of 5]

so were they just gonna .. keep them in a random warehouse for 2 months ..?

[Ann♥♪♪♪♪]

Not the best or worst book. Hazing is a very terrible thing and that is shown in the book.
I liked the Hardy brothers teamwork
I didn't like the profanity on page 68.
I liked the poetic justice.
Not sure what to rate it...not a four or five star book that's definite. But it wasn't an "I hate it book"...
You can check out my whole review with all the details @ Hardy and Drew Mysteries

[Seema M. Fazil · Rating 3 out of 5]

So it was good... but not that good, got to admit! It deserves three stars maximum.
It wasn't by the same author of #11 Showdown at Widow Creek and #12 The Madman of Black Bear Mountain. In some parts, Frank and Joe seemed kind of, well... mean, I have to admit. Well, it was fine but some parts were just slow, I guess.
It was good though, a fine read. Some parts I really liked, some parts I just didn't... It wasn't a waste of time, though.

[Kenzie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another good one, but slightly unrealistic towards the end. Still worth it though!

[Gilbert Stack · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a weird one. The principle of Bayport High forces Frank and Joe to join the basketball team just before they are going to the championships even though neither brother wants to play basketball. Apparently, he is concerned with their lack of extracurricular activities despite the fact that they have them. And they agree and don’t tell anyone (including the unhappy coach who has been forced to accept them and other players who don’t want them) that they have been forced to join.

Even stranger, the coach plays them in critical games even though they aren’t basketball players and aren’t very good. But someone is unhappy because Frank and Joe are kidnapped and threatened—get better immediately or get off the team. And when they don’t, someone starts messing up their lives—submitting assignments in their names and making it look like Joe is cheating on his girlfriend.

This, of course, makes the Hardys even more determined to learn what’s going on and the principal isn’t much help. The situation quickly gets totally out of control and goes in some unbelievable directions. The police should have been brought in. But they aren’t and the adventure is still a loft of fun.

[Karis Anna-Kathryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

With all Hardy Boys novels, old and new, there are some stories where your disbelief can be suspended without too much difficulty, and others where it immediately snaps like a strand of uncooked spaghetti. This book falls firmly in the latter camp, but the author clearly had so much fun writing it, you can't even be mad. Forget the shark, it jumps the whole dang ocean by chapter two, and the result is an unabashedly silly, exciting, and extremely entertaining story.

[Brett Turner · Rating 2 out of 5]

Never sure how many are on the team but it feels like a lot considering how many people are involved in the hazing. Unsure if a principal can force people on the team anyway and motives for keeping them in the dark at first seems flimsy. The motives of the perpetrator and accomplices are also weak.

[Patti Merz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun read

Had great fun reading a HardyBoys mystery with my grandson, hopefully he will continue on with the series. Thanks again!!

[John Ready Reader One · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the best Hardy Boy book so far. Story was well written. I laughed out loud at least once. The reader did a great job also.

[Leyla · Rating 5 out of 5]

THIS BOOK WAS AMAZING, I WAS SO INTERESTED I READ IT IN ONE DAY, I COULDN'T FIND IT IN MYSELF TO PUT IT DOWN, SUPER GOOD, REALLY AWESOME PLOT. TONS OF ACTION!!!

[aem · Rating 3 out of 5]

The assistant coach was only fired??? He should have been arrested and jailed!!!

[Alaina Thomson]

:)

[Mattine · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun nail-biting mystery. Hazing is discussed.

[Kelsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Would be scary for young elementary children.

[Bobbi Snyder · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always love the hardy boys. I get them on audio so that my kids can listen to them at the same time I do. This mountain adventure was a great story.

[J Richards · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the concept but all of the sports phrases didn't match the sport. I've never taken a 3-point throw or other things that related more to football than basketball.

[Rachel Flavin · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one was actually pretty good

[Cindy]

Bound for Danger

[Isaiah (aka Isaiah Ward) Herrero · Rating 5 out of 5]

High speed helicopter adventure sign me up!

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hardy Boys Adventures, Book 13: Bound for Danger was perhaps the darkest Hardy Boys book I've read up to this point. But I guess that's what made me love it so much!

[Ahaan Sahu]

Good

[Daniel wong · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pretty good book

[Alex Nielsen · Rating 5 out of 5]

the book is great read!!!!!!!!!!

[Cory · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was well suspensed at the end of each chapter.