Endangered Species

The Hardy Boys Casefiles #64

by Franklin W. Dixon

Undercover in the African wild with their father, Frank and Joe Hardy investigate a multimillion-dollar smuggling operation that could have something to do with a missing U.S. Customs official. Original.

Genres: Mystery, Young Adult

160 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

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

[Dominique · Rating 4 out of 5]

The villain was obvious early. I mean really, who doesn’t love giraffes? 🦒

[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.

[Shawn Toderico · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about when the Hardy Boys are at an endangered species lab. They were in Africa because their dad was there. This lab is in Africa. They learn about a writer who was working in the African woods. He has been missing for a long time. They began to investigate into his mysterious disappearance of him. They get into trouble along the way. They got a little to deep into business that wasn't theirs. The Hardys got captured by some illegal smugglers that were in on this disappearance. They got put into a truck, where they escaped and fled into the woods. Going into the woods turned out to be some what good for the case. They stumble upon something. They find the journal the writer used and unfortunately they found what remained from his decayed body. In the end, everyone gets tied up in a barn with the barn on fire. They all got out, but not safely. There were some burns on some of the people. Unfortunately their dad didn't survive this ordeal. He was shot by the smugglers. Now they have to go into the rest of their lives. Alone.

[Dannuel Delizo · Rating 3 out of 5]

"When danger is uncaged, the only law is the law of survival."

[Jerry (Rebel With a Massive Media Library) · Rating 4 out of 5]

An engaging start to the trilogy.