Lost Brother

The Lost Mystery Trilogy #2

by Franklin W. Dixon

In the second book of this gripping trilogy, Frank has gone missing in the woods and it’s up to Joe to stop his brother from becoming one of the LOST!

Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Adventure, Young Adult

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 29, 2010

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

[Alicia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This second book carries on the creepiness of the first, but it also ups the strange factor. The whole idea of the underground bunker seems crazy, but Frank is experiencing it and Joe is looking for him. This was interesting because the brothers haven’t been split up like this for many of their mysteries, and it was interesting to see Joe work through the clues on his own while Frank was gone.

[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.

[Jaz · Rating 5 out of 5]

As usual good book its a sequel to children of the lost. I really enjoyed it cant Wait to Read the last one

[Marsha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Part 2 was just as good. A bit explained, but a lot more questions.

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lost Brother is Book two of a three part series. Frank is captured by nefarious people. Joe almost gets bit by a rattle snake. The weird part is that the nefarious people seem to be kidnapping children. Those who stand in the way of the bad guys might end up on the fang end of a rattle snake.

Pretty good book.

[V. Arrow · Rating 3 out of 5]

While the Hardys are still unspeakably lame, this book was actually very consistently exciting. I would hand this to a reluctant-reader middle school boy, for sure.