Hostages of Hate

The Hardy Boys: Casefiles #10

by Franklin W. Dixon

The kidnapping of Frank Hardy's girlfriend at an antiterror convention in Washington, D.C., sends the brother sleuths running straight into a terrorist deathtrap.

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

149 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1987

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

[Bo · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this with my son. It was a bit more aggressive and maturish than the original series, but he seemed to enjoy it. When we were done, he said, "That was a really cool book." Recommended for fans of the other books in the series.

[Kelly Rivera · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best one so far. The stakes were high. The mission was clear. And the humor was off the charts.
Some Highlights:
-This book proclaiming from the rooftops that it was written before 9/11 by hosting a pretend airplane hijacking simulation at an anti-terrorist convention
-Callie being really chill about almost getting shot in the head on live TV
-Frank being a terrifying BADASS for 90% of this book and absolutely hilarious for the other 10%
-Joe making out with a terrorist wannabe but it turns out she wants Frank instead
-Frank getting buried alive for the second book IN A ROW
-That moment I really believed Frank and Joe Hardy stuffed a live bomb in a terrorist’s mouth
-Frank getting punched in the head with a grenade
-The following sequence: The terrorists robbed the airplane passengers of their valuables. Later, they attempt to take off which will kill everyone because the windows have all been shot out. Frank has a plan to throw random shit into the jet engines so they’ll stall and prevent takeoff. As the passengers gather things they find the bag of stolen loot. A guy goes “hey I get my money back!” Frank goes “lol nope” and tosses it in a jet engine.
-Joe naming his fists “Big Bang” and “Big Boom”
-Fenton “Father of the Year” Hardy screaming at his sons not five minutes after they almost died

[Jacqueline · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fenton, Frank, and Joe Hardy attend a convention of various government and police agencies about ways to stop terrorism. But a demonstration of taking back a plane of hostages from terrorists goes horribly wrong when real terrorists take the plane hostage with guns and a bomb. Callie is one of the volunteers on the plane.
Frank and Joe are determined to rescue Frank's girlfriend and the other hostages.
But instead of focusing on a rescue plan, which would actually make sense, they decide to find and capture the head of the terrorist group, a man known as "The Dutchman". They end up running all over DC following leads before finally capturing the Dutchman.
The Hardys then, for some strange reason, take the Dutchman with them when they pretend to be caterers bringing in food for the hostages.
They manage to capture the terrorists, and rescue the hostages but not before considerable damage is done to the plane.
Much of this story made no sense. All of the running around DC was pretty useless. The scenes in the plane were too long (just rescue them already)! Overall this casefile was average.

[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.

[Alyssa · Rating 2 out of 5]

When Callie appears on the TV news she sends the Hardys a coded message. Trouble is the government dosent believe them. Agent O'Neill orders Frank and Joe off the case forcing the more to try a rescue on their own. Suddenly the brother sleuths are running from the law straight into a terrorist death trap while Callie watches her life flash before her eyes. I recomned this book to people who like action, scifi, and mysteries.

[Partridge Public]

Dixon, Franklin W.

[Seriene Mohammed · Rating 4 out of 5]

nostalgia!

[Keabetswe · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little slow to build up proper suspense but once it does, it's impossible to put down

[Dannuel Delizo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Me likey! The terrorism seminar was a blast. This one's the best, so far, from the series.