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The Sign of the Crooked Arrow

The Sign of the Crooked Arrow

Children's BooksJuvenile
Pages
160
Published
1949
Language
English

Synopsis

Frank and Joe Hardy are on the trail of a cunning gang of jewelry thieves, armed with only a slender clue. Their investigation takes an unexpected turn when a desperate plea for help arrives from their cousin's jinxed cattle ranch in New Mexico. The young detectives must uncover a clever plot to save the ranch from financial ruin and smash the criminal organization behind both the ranch's troubles and the robberies.

Prose complexity
1/10

Vibe

AdventurousLighthearted
HeistQuestMystery Box

Genres

Children's Books Juvenile Mystery

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
Chet MortonSupporting
All characters in The Sign of the Crooked Arrow