The Great Airport Mystery (Hardy Boys, Book 9) (Hardcover)

by Franklin W. Dixon (Author) "Too bad we lost so much time fixing that flat, Joe..." (more)
Key Phrases: dead can tell, young sleuth, tower chief, Clint Hill, Lance Peterson, Aunt Gertrude (more...)

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Product Description
Falsely accused of a robbery at the airport, the Hardy boys turn the tables on the real thieves by nabbing them in the act of committing another robbery. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap; 4th edition (May 1, 1930)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0448089092
• ISBN-13: 978-0448089096
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #60,670 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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• This is item 9 in The Hardy Boys Series.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The real thing, March 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Great Airport Mystery (Hardy Boys, Book 9) (Hardcover)

This is a fascimile of the original book. A nice copy and a nice idea. So far they have released about 8 of these fascimile editions in the Hardy Boys series and several in the Nancy Drew and Tom Swift series also.

The Great Airport Mystery is a tale of early flying, mail plane robberies, and races across the countryside in a roadster. It was a long ago time when kids had to pass exams to graduate from High School. No revisionism and mindless updating to make the stories "relevant" to the contemporary reader. This is not great literature, but updating is really little more than colorizing black&white movies.

This is just plain fun, and thanks to the publishers for giving us an opportunity to see what fun was for kids 75 years ago.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, entertaining novel, April 19, 1999

By A Customer

This tells the story of a group of thieves who steal platinum. The Hardy Boys track the thieves from Bayport to Ile de la Mer, an allegedly uninhabited island, to a mountain hideout in Montana. While solving the case they also find a hidden cave, the ghost of a dead pilot who haunts his guilty former partner and a plot that incorporates airport workers on every level. Thrilling and entertaining. Good for people of all ages.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty exciting and fun to read too!, November 18, 2002

By	Justin (Chandler, AZ) - See all my reviews

Frank and Joe Hardy are amateur detectives that have successflly solved many cases. Of course, this story starts out normal enough. They are just driving home to assist their professional Private Investigator father, Fenton, in another case. Then something really strange happens when they decide to take a short cut. They stumble upon what turns out to be part of their case. From there, it is pure excitment and
sleuthing.

I thought this book was an enjoyable read. I loved all the twists and turns and suspensful moments. The only reason I took of the fifth star was it went too fast even for me. One moment the hardys could be sitting eating, and then boom! Something completely big will happen. The point is the plot was sometimes filled with holes. Other than that, I loved this book