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Type of bind: Hardcover
EAN num: 9780448089355
ISBN number: 0448089351
Label: Grosset & Dunlap
Manufacturer: Grosset & Dunlap
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 192
Printing Date: January 01, 1956
Publishing house: Grosset & Dunlap
Age index: Ages 9-12
Sale Popularity Level: 234564
Studio: Grosset & Dunlap
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The throbbing of the drums grew louder as the warroirs closed. Trapped in the middle of the stamping, screaming circle, the hardys were blinded by dust and smoke. Suddenly, as if some signal, everything stopped. Silently, the Indians closed in for the kill.
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When Tony Prito, a good friend of Frank and Joe Hardy, inherits a collection of bizarre curios from his uncle Roberto Prito, Tony discovers he has also inherited a cast of sinister characters that want Roberto Prito's collection for themselves. Tony asks Frank and Joe Hardy to help him, and almost immediately the boys run afoul of a gang that attempts to frighten them into selling the collection, and when that does not work, they try to steal the collection.
As the mystery progresses, Frank and Joe quickly learn that the criminals are after a set of medallions that may hold a clue to a fabulous treasure located in Central America. Unfortunately, the boys do not have all the medallions and the lack may hamper their investigation. In order to investigate the mystery further the boys travel to Guatemala, where their enemies and Mother Nature strike. At one point in the story I wondered how the boys were going to escape lava. Later the boys along with Tony Prito and Chet Morton are about to be thrown into a hidden tomb to die.
While this story could have been fleshed out better, I still enjoyed it. The action was nicely paced and I found myself speeding through the chapters to learn how the mystery ends. While Frank, Joe, Tony and Chet violate more than a few modern rules of archeology, and while it would be unthinkable to provide them with a souvenir of what they find, if you can ignore the fantasy that they boys would even be allowed to dig at an archeological site without getting in trouble then this story turns out to be a page turner. I consider this Hardy Boys story to be above average and I would recommend it to a first-time reader of the Hardy Boys series.
The Hardy Boys series is recommended for ages 8 to 12 because the series is relatively tame for the previous target audience of ages 10 to 14. This particular book is a good fit for both age ranges. This book contains a number of problems regarding how the boys are so readily able to travel in certain areas of Guatemala and then excavate an archeological ruin. Today there are areas of Guatemala that are considered unsafe for foreigners, and I believe excavation of archeological ruins is very tightly regulated. However, in the fantasy world of Frank and Joe Hardy, who perpetually remain the same age, perhaps the actions they take are reasonable. Perhaps there should be a caution in the new editions: Do not try this in real life.
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This was a good hardy boys book: and better than the last one. It was faster paced and had a better mystery.
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Published in 1955 - I have never ever cared for this volume and until I read The Mystery of The Aztec Warrior thought it was the worst in the series. To me I always found it a suffocating book and I can't explain why. Tony plays a prominent role in this one and to the books credit at least they encounter the criminals a fair amount and there is a little action. The latter chapters were fairly decent. Its worth reading - once -but honestly compared to the other volumes in my opinion this is among the cellar dwellers. (Almost a 2 Star - but not quite) RATED D
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This review concerns the original 1955 edition and the revised 1972 edition which is a shorter version of the original. Frank and Joe's friend Tony inherits a collection of curios and immediately a gang of thieves is interested in a couple of medallions that were apart of the inheritance. The mystery of the medallions takes Frank, Joe, Chet and Tony on a treasure hunt to Guatemala. Personally, I didn't find this book very good. I thought that it lacked much action and many of the chapter endings didn't entice me to read more right away. The plot of the book was rather weak and not very creative and it took the Hardys and their friends no time at all to find the treasure after arriving in Guatemala; although, that didn't happen until page 160. While some fans may like this book, it definately wasn't one of my favorites.
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