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Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers #30
The X-Factor
MISSION: To find out who is responsible for Bret Johnston's death, and save Galaxy X from another tragedy!
LOCATION: Galaxy X, a new theme park in California.
POTENTIAL VICTIMS: Any number of A-list celebs invited to the grand opening of the park.
SUSPECTS: Tyrone McKenzie and his family seem to make enemies by the second. But is it a new enemy that wants to keep the park shut down? Or someone from the McKenzie family's past who has suddenly resurfaced...?
LOCATION: Galaxy X, a new theme park in California.
POTENTIAL VICTIMS: Any number of A-list celebs invited to the grand opening of the park.
SUSPECTS: Tyrone McKenzie and his family seem to make enemies by the second. But is it a new enemy that wants to keep the park shut down? Or someone from the McKenzie family's past who has suddenly resurfaced...?
176 pages, Paperback
First published September 3, 2009
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About the author
Franklin W. Dixon
740 books992 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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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.
April 10, 2018
It was okay!! Just okay!!
But it got me through the Maths paper XD
But it got me through the Maths paper XD
February 2, 2014
This is the third and final installment of the Galaxy X Trilogy where Joe and Frank investigate a theme park where a death has occurred. For the opening of this theme park, there will be celebrities enjoying the features. Joe and Frank's jobs are to prevent accidents and get to the bottom of a possible scheme to ruin the park's and the owner's reputation.
This book was a quick read. It was exciting, as usual, but this trilogy wasn't my favorite.
This book was a quick read. It was exciting, as usual, but this trilogy wasn't my favorite.
November 4, 2011
'The X-Factor' is the third book in the Galaxy X trilogy. Frank and Joe are trying to figure out who would want to close down a huge extreme sports theme park. Someone who would go so far as to put a bomb underneath hot shot skateboarder Cody Zane's skateboard. Frank and Joe are ATAC agents and good ones at that...so they do figure things out...and it isn't who you'd expect, either. Good story.
August 23, 2016
This was a fun and fast action-packed mystery meant for children, which is why it was also a simple, easy read. Anyhow, even though this book is quite late in the Hardy Boys series and is actually the final part of a 3-book story within the larger series, it stood on its own quite well.
December 2, 2015
This was my first hardy boys book, and it was okay.
January 4, 2019
Good book EXCEPT it's a mystery... So I'm not supposed to be theorizing about the end culprit in book 1 of 3 or be certain of my theories half way through book 2. Good mystery for starters who haven't already read some Hardy Boys before but since I have and I have also read other mysteries this one didn't cut it for me. Dixon is a good writer but this is far from the best Hardy Boys books I've read previously.
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