Demolition Mission

The Hardy Boys #112

by Franklin W. Dixon

Invited to test-drive the prototype of a new world-class sports car, Frank and Joe unwittingly become involved in a lethal game of demolition derby as someone plots to steal the souped-up race car. Original.

Genres: Mystery, Childrens, Fiction, Adventure, Thriller, Young Adult, Middle Grade

160 pages, Paperback

First published February 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

[Ethan Hulbert · Rating 3 out of 5]

A painfully average Hardy Boys Digest. The cars weren't even interesting. Felt like someone played fill in the blanks with the formula.

[Lydia Willcock · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'll admit I skim-read most of this. It is one of the slightly more 'modern' Hardy Boys and it didn't really feel like the Hardy Boys at all. It's been quite a while now since I read it, but I seem to remember there was one or two things in it which I wouldn't agree with (minor things, maybe, I can't remember now, but I know there was something I didn't like). So I don't recommend this one.

[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.

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[Jebin]

Loved it.

[Katie · Rating 2 out of 5]

My least favorite of the Hardy Boys it had no substance. It was boring.

[Tracey Weyer · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved the book, kept me in suspense till the end

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Awesome book