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Hardy Boys Clue Book #1-4
Hardy Boys Clue Book 4 books in 1!: The Video Game Bandit; The Missing Playbook; Water-Ski Wipeout; Talent Show Tricks
Join detective brothers Frank and Joe as they solve exciting mysteries with four books in the interactive Hardy Boys Clue Book series, now available in a special bind-up edition!
Get to the bottom of Bayport’s biggest mysteries with expert kid detectives, Frank and Joe Hardy! Follow the clues to find the totally awesome—and mysteriously missing—video game system, figure out what happened to their baseball team’s top-secret playbook, track down Joe’s water-skis, and uncover the talent show prankster with four books in the fun and engaging Hardy Boys Clue Book mystery series!
This bind-up edition includes The Video Game Bandit , The Missing Playbook , Water-Ski Wipeout , and Talent Show Tricks .
Get to the bottom of Bayport’s biggest mysteries with expert kid detectives, Frank and Joe Hardy! Follow the clues to find the totally awesome—and mysteriously missing—video game system, figure out what happened to their baseball team’s top-secret playbook, track down Joe’s water-skis, and uncover the talent show prankster with four books in the fun and engaging Hardy Boys Clue Book mystery series!
This bind-up edition includes The Video Game Bandit , The Missing Playbook , Water-Ski Wipeout , and Talent Show Tricks .
320 pages, Hardcover
Published March 12, 2019
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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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November 10, 2025
I guess the whole series is the only thing that has been reviewed. We only have the second book - The Missing Playbook - so that is the book I will review.
This is a really cute story. Joe and Frank Hardy are two young boys who like to play baseball. They go to a friend's house to celebrate with their team and their star pitcher - Cissy 'Speedy' Zermeno.
While at the party their coach's playbook disappears. It is up to the Hardy boys to find the missing playbook - which they do manage to do.
I look forward to reading the rest of the book in the series.
This is a really cute story. Joe and Frank Hardy are two young boys who like to play baseball. They go to a friend's house to celebrate with their team and their star pitcher - Cissy 'Speedy' Zermeno.
While at the party their coach's playbook disappears. It is up to the Hardy boys to find the missing playbook - which they do manage to do.
I look forward to reading the rest of the book in the series.
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