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The Hardy Boys #190
Motocross Madness
Frank and Joe get revved up to race for their lives!
The Hardy boys and their friend Jamal are thrilled to be participating in a motorcycle exhibition. It's going to be an exciting weekend, with many talented cyclists heating up the competition and a valuable prize for the winner -- a classic motorcycle! But when burglaries and suspicious accidents send the benefit skidding out of control, Frank and Joe find themselves racing to crack another case.
As the Hardys make their way through the long list of possible saboteurs, danger gains on them. Can they cut the criminal off before the finish line, or is this race speeding toward disaster?
The Hardy boys and their friend Jamal are thrilled to be participating in a motorcycle exhibition. It's going to be an exciting weekend, with many talented cyclists heating up the competition and a valuable prize for the winner -- a classic motorcycle! But when burglaries and suspicious accidents send the benefit skidding out of control, Frank and Joe find themselves racing to crack another case.
As the Hardys make their way through the long list of possible saboteurs, danger gains on them. Can they cut the criminal off before the finish line, or is this race speeding toward disaster?
160 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2005
About the author
Franklin W. Dixon
808 books1,005 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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March 16, 2020
THIS IS IT. THE LAST HARDY BOYS DIGEST. I have now read ALL 190 HARDY BOYS BOOKS.
Yes, there are other spin-off series. But this is the core classic canon. And I have read them all and also reviewed them all on Goodreads - the only person to do so. Wow, I have accomplished so much in my life.
Also happy to say it finished on a pretty strong note. This was a good book. I enjoyed the characters, good suspects, interesting cast. The motocross theme on its own wasn't super exciting to me but the book did a good job of making it clear and interesting. Good ending too.
One of my favorite easter eggs was when Frank told Aunt Gertrude, "Joe and I have been riding motorcycles for years. Our dad rode before us, and our grandparents before him. I remember reading an account of Hardys riding cycles as long ago as nineteen twenty-seven."
1927 is the year the first Hardy Boys book was published, where Frank and Joe themselves (not their grandparents) at some point rode their bikes.
"Well, of course I wouldn't remember THAT far back" is Aunt Gertrude's reply.
The other good easter egg - "We should take these [bikes] out more often," Joe said. "I really like riding. Remember that time we rode down Bay Road to that house by the cliffs?"
(The House on the Cliff was the 2nd Hardy Boys book published)
"That was an adventure," Frank agreed. "Seems like ages ago."
"I know," Joe said. "Sometimes I feel like we've been solving mysteries for the better part of a century."
Thank you, authors, for putting these in for me.
Also I like that Jamal continued to be a recurring character, and they even mentioned that his dad runs an air-taxi service. Nice continuity.
Feels crazy to be closing the last Hardy Boys book. I'm going to reread the first one now just to see how much things have changed. Glad I stuck with it all this time. Life goal: complete.
Yes, there are other spin-off series. But this is the core classic canon. And I have read them all and also reviewed them all on Goodreads - the only person to do so. Wow, I have accomplished so much in my life.
Also happy to say it finished on a pretty strong note. This was a good book. I enjoyed the characters, good suspects, interesting cast. The motocross theme on its own wasn't super exciting to me but the book did a good job of making it clear and interesting. Good ending too.
One of my favorite easter eggs was when Frank told Aunt Gertrude, "Joe and I have been riding motorcycles for years. Our dad rode before us, and our grandparents before him. I remember reading an account of Hardys riding cycles as long ago as nineteen twenty-seven."
1927 is the year the first Hardy Boys book was published, where Frank and Joe themselves (not their grandparents) at some point rode their bikes.
"Well, of course I wouldn't remember THAT far back" is Aunt Gertrude's reply.
The other good easter egg - "We should take these [bikes] out more often," Joe said. "I really like riding. Remember that time we rode down Bay Road to that house by the cliffs?"
(The House on the Cliff was the 2nd Hardy Boys book published)
"That was an adventure," Frank agreed. "Seems like ages ago."
"I know," Joe said. "Sometimes I feel like we've been solving mysteries for the better part of a century."
Thank you, authors, for putting these in for me.
Also I like that Jamal continued to be a recurring character, and they even mentioned that his dad runs an air-taxi service. Nice continuity.
Feels crazy to be closing the last Hardy Boys book. I'm going to reread the first one now just to see how much things have changed. Glad I stuck with it all this time. Life goal: complete.
September 24, 2019
The Hardy Boys books are a series I have always enjoyed. I have read them since I was in middle school and maybe even before that. I have read a bunch of them and I have never really liked to read until I started on those and then I started to get into it and I read it a lot more. It is a book about two teenage brothers who started out helping their dad with adventurous cases. They have had many cases to themselves and they have stopped a lot of crime as two young boys. They are getting into this dirt bike race to help raise money for their friend so she can recover and get back on a bike again. They help get the money for them and stop the people who attended the race trying to get the money and bike from the race. They had a bunch of competition racing trying to win but little did they know they were gonna have even bigger problems. They end up stopping the person and helping them raise the money for the girl. Although they can't investigate much because of there worried aunt who always is up in there business and there mother who some what lets it happen.
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June 16, 2015
I used to read the Hardy Boys books all the time as a kid, and I recently came across this volume. Even as an adult, it was fun to read. Dixon did a good job of explaining the motocross terms used in the book, so you don't need to know much about motocross to enjoy it. If you're already a motocross fan (like me), it's even more fun! It was a good nostalgic read, best suited for younger readers.
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