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The Crisscross Shadow

The Crisscross Shadow

Children's BooksJuvenile
Pages
192
Published
1953
Language
English

Synopsis

When a mysterious salesman steals a crucial key, brothers Frank and Joe Hardy are on the case! Their investigation leads them from their hometown to an Indian village where a desperate chief needs their help. The boys must race against time to find a hidden deed and tribal treasures before a ruthless scheme unfolds, all while assisting their father with a top-secret government assignment.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

AdventurousLightheartedTenseMysterious
QuestHeist

Genres

Children's Books Juvenile Mystery Crime Young Adult

About the author

F
Franklin W. Dixon

A pseudonym for a series of ghostwriters hired by the Stratemeyer Syndicate to write The Hardy Boys and Ted Scott Flying Stories, along with some Nancy Drew crossover stories. [Leslie McFarlane][1] is the most well known of these writers having written the first Hardy Boys book along with twenty others. [1]: http://openlibrary.org/authors/OL1822558A/Leslie_McFarlane

Characters

Frank HardyProtagonist
Joe HardyProtagonist
Master ChiefSupporting
All characters in The Crisscross Shadow