Undercover Brothers
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The Hardy Boys
: Undercover Brothers is a detective fiction series of books published by Aladdin Paperbacks
(an imprint
of Simon & Schuster
), which replaced The Hardy Boys Digest paperbacks in early 2005. All the books in the series have been written under the pen name
of Franklin W. Dixon
.
Fenton Hardy. Although there are many similarities in this series to previous Hardy Boys series, there are also many changes. Here are just a few:
The Murder House Trilogy is the first Hardy Boys mini-series since 1993 and only the third one ever. (The other two are the Operation Phoenix Trilogy and the Ring of Evil Trilogy.) All books following this arc are trilogies.
Two boys were seen committing crimes all over Bayport, reportedly named Joe and Frank Hardy (obviously an acronym to escape the police).
A college reporter, Kathy Boutry who was on trail of several huge stories has disappeared, possibly kidnapped at Atlantic City, NJ. It seems like everyone at Atlantic City has something to hide.
The brothers must solve a very creepy mystery about an abandoned asylum and find out who is haunting it.
of the Undercover Brothers and Girl Detective
series) was first published in June 2007 and is not to be confused with the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys SuperMystery
series that was published between 1988 and 1998.
In the spring of 2005 NBM
lunched its new imprint
, Papercutz
, with the publication of two three part comic book
series; Nancy Drew
The Demon of River Heights and The Hardy Boys The Ocean of Osyria. After the completion of both series, the The Demon of River Heights series and The Ocean of Osyria series were both collected into 92 page graphic novels and both books would become the first title in the Nancy Drew Graphic Novel series and The Hardy Boys Graphic Novel series respectively.
All other titles in both series have been made in graphic novel format only and are published every three months.
When Chet Morton
’s Internet account is hacked into and used to bid on a stolen artifact, the Ocean of Osyria, best friends Frank and Joe Hardy, along with girlfriends Callie Shaw and Iola Morton, head to Osyria (the location of the auction), to clear Chet’s name.
The brother investigate a very strange mystery about a popular girl's stolen identity
The brother and a few foreign shoppers were locked up in Bayport's new shopping mall deliberetely by a mysterious man who sabotaged the mall with lots of traps. The 'prisoners' must struggle to survive together, find a way to escape (fast!) and find and stop the man with a few ATAC gadgets the brothers have before it's too late.
The Hardy Boys
The Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe Hardy, are fictional teenage brothers and amateur detectives who appear in various mystery series for children and teens....
: Undercover Brothers is a detective fiction series of books published by Aladdin Paperbacks
Aladdin Paperbacks
Aladdin Paperbacks is one of several children's-book imprints owned by Simon & Schuster.It was established by Jean E. Karl at Atheneum Books where she was the founding director of the children's department . Atheneum merged with or was acquired by Scribner's in 1978, then MacMillan in 1984, before...
(an imprint
Imprint
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of Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
), which replaced The Hardy Boys Digest paperbacks in early 2005. All the books in the series have been written under the pen name
Pen name
A pen name, nom de plume, or literary double, is a pseudonym adopted by an author. A pen name may be used to make the author's name more distinctive, to disguise his or her gender, to distance an author from some or all of his or her works, to protect the author from retribution for his or her...
of Franklin W. Dixon
Franklin W. Dixon
Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate...
.
Series Background
Like all Hardy Boys series, the Undercover Brothers is about two teenage brother detectives, Frank and Joe Hardy, who are the sons of world famous PIPrivate investigator
A private investigator , private detective or inquiry agent, is a person who can be hired by individuals or groups to undertake investigatory law services. Private detectives/investigators often work for attorneys in civil cases. Many work for insurance companies to investigate suspicious claims...
Fenton Hardy. Although there are many similarities in this series to previous Hardy Boys series, there are also many changes. Here are just a few:
- The Hardy boys are undercover agents for ATACAmerican Teens Against CrimeAmerican Teens Against Crime, is a fictional organization in the The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers book series.ATAC is a top secret government agency co-founded by Fenton Hardy. He created it when he realized that there are some places where an adult spy would stand out too much...
(American Teens Against CrimeAmerican Teens Against CrimeAmerican Teens Against Crime, is a fictional organization in the The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers book series.ATAC is a top secret government agency co-founded by Fenton Hardy. He created it when he realized that there are some places where an adult spy would stand out too much...
), a top secret governmentGovernmentGovernment refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
organizationOrganizationAn organization is a social group which distributes tasks for a collective goal. The word itself is derived from the Greek word organon, itself derived from the better-known word ergon - as we know `organ` - and it means a compartment for a particular job.There are a variety of legal types of...
, co-founded by their father, and are solving more realistic and violent crimes. Since it is a top-secret organization, Frank and Joe often need to make up excuses to convince their mother and aunt to let them go places. - The books in this series are written in first-person narrativeFirst-person narrativeFirst-person point of view is a narrative mode where a story is narrated by one character at a time, speaking for and about themselves. First-person narrative may be singular, plural or multiple as well as being an authoritative, reliable or deceptive "voice" and represents point of view in the...
style with Frank and Joe alternating chapters and often interrupting each other. - The Hardy boys' aunt's name is shortened from Gertrude to Trudy, but she is very much the same person. It is revealed in Hurricane Joe why she shortened her name to Trudy.
- The Hardy boys' long-time girlfriends, Callie Shaw and Iola Morton, appear in the books, but Frank and Joe are no longer dating them.
- The Hardys have a pet parrotParrotParrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three families: the Psittacidae , the Cacatuidae and the Strigopidae...
named PlaybackMinor Characters in The Hardy BoysMany characters have appeared in the fictional series of books about The Hardy Boys.-Frank Hardy:Frank Hardy is the older of the two Hardy brothers in The Hardy Boys novel series by Franklin W...
.
The Murder House Trilogy
The Murder House Trilogy is the first Hardy Boys mini-series since 1993 and only the third one ever. (The other two are the Operation Phoenix Trilogy and the Ring of Evil Trilogy.) All books following this arc are trilogies.
2005
- 1. Extreme Danger
- 2. Running On Fumes
- 3. Boardwalk Bust
- 4. Thrill Ride
- 5. Rocky Road
- 6. Burned
- 7. Operation: Survival
- 8. Top Ten Ways To Die
- Spy Set (Boxed set #1-4)
- Undercover Brothers (Boxed set #1-8)
2006
- 09. Martial Law
- 10. Blown Away
- 11. Hurricane Joe
- 12. Trouble in Paradise
- 13. The Mummy's Curse
2007
- 14. Hazed
- 15. Death And Diamonds
- 16. Bayport Buccaneers
- 17. Murder At The Mall
- 18. Pushed
- 19. Foul Play
2008
- 20. Feeding Frenzy
- 21. Comic Con Artist
- 22. Deprivation House (Murder House Trilogy)
- 23. House Arrest
- 24. Murder House
- 25. Double Trouble (Double Danger Trilogy)
2009
- 26. Double Down
- 27. Double Deception
- 28. Galaxy X (Galaxy X Trilogy)
- 29. X-Plosion
- 30. The X-Factor
- 31. Killer Mission (Killer Mystery Trilogy)
2010
- 32. Private Killer
- 33. Killer Connections
- 34. Children of the Lost (Lost Mystery Trilogy)
- 35. Lost Brother
2011
- 36. Forever Lost
- 37. Movie Menace (Deathstalker Trilogy)
- 38. Movie Mission
Super Mysteries
- 1. Wanted (2006)
Two boys were seen committing crimes all over Bayport, reportedly named Joe and Frank Hardy (obviously an acronym to escape the police).
- 2. Kidnapped at the Casino (2007)
A college reporter, Kathy Boutry who was on trail of several huge stories has disappeared, possibly kidnapped at Atlantic City, NJ. It seems like everyone at Atlantic City has something to hide.
- 3. Haunted (2008)
The brothers must solve a very creepy mystery about an abandoned asylum and find out who is haunting it.
Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mysteries
The Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery series (which is a spin-offSpin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
of the Undercover Brothers and Girl Detective
Girl Detective
Girl Detective is a series replacing the long-running Nancy Drew mysteries series, which had been running since 1930, first from Grosset & Dunlap and latterly from Simon & Schuster...
series) was first published in June 2007 and is not to be confused with the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys SuperMystery
Supermystery
The Hardy Boys teamed up with Nancy Drew in this now-discontinued 36 volume series of paperbacks. This is not the first time the trio have crossed paths; earlier crossovers include the 1970s TV series, the novelization of one of the TV episodes , two SuperSleuth books , Campfire Stories The Hardy...
series that was published between 1988 and 1998.
- 1. Terror on Tour (6-5-07)
- American Teens Against CrimeAmerican Teens Against CrimeAmerican Teens Against Crime, is a fictional organization in the The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers book series.ATAC is a top secret government agency co-founded by Fenton Hardy. He created it when he realized that there are some places where an adult spy would stand out too much...
(ATACAmerican Teens Against CrimeAmerican Teens Against Crime, is a fictional organization in the The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers book series.ATAC is a top secret government agency co-founded by Fenton Hardy. He created it when he realized that there are some places where an adult spy would stand out too much...
for short) thinking someone wants to disrupt the biggest rock concertRock concertThe term rock concert refers to a musical performance in the style of any one of many genres inspired by "rock and roll" music. While a variety of vocal and instrumental styles can constitute a rock concert, this phenomenon is typically characterized by bands playing at least one electric guitar,...
of the year, Rockapazooma (all the proceeds of the show go to environmentalEnvironmentalismEnvironmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...
groups), they send their two best undercover agents, Frank and Joe Hardy to the concert to be on the look out for anything suspicious. Meanwhile Nancy Drew and her friends came to Rockapazooma to enjoy the concert. Nancy and the Hardy boys Meet and share at thrilling adventure together.
- American Teens Against Crime
- 2. Danger Overseas (5-6-08)
- Frank and Joe are given a mission to find a girl, and Nancy Drew happens to run into that girl when she tries to steal Bess Marvin's purse. The girl, unfortunately, has amnesia.
- 3. Club Dread (5-5-09)
- Frank and Joe are sent to a tropical island resort to investigate a string of thefts and run into Nancy Drew, who is staying at the same hotel as a guest.
- 4. Gold Medal Murder (7-6-10)
- Frank and Joe are given a mission to protect Olympic swimmer Scott Trevor.
- 5. Bonfire Masquerade (7-12-11)
- 6. Stage Fright(2012)
Graphic Novels
NBM Publishing
NBM Publishing is an American publisher of graphic novels. The company specializes in non-superhero comic genres and has translated and published over 150 graphic novels from Europe and Canada, as well as several works by Americans...
lunched its new imprint
Imprint
In the publishing industry, an imprint can mean several different things:* As a piece of bibliographic information about a book, it refers to the name and address of the book's publisher and its date of publication as given at the foot or on the verso of its title page.* It can mean a trade name...
, Papercutz
Papercutz
:papercutz is a Portuguese Electronic music project formed in 2005. Bruno Miguel is the only official member of :papercutz and remains solely responsible for its direction but has been working closely with American-born Melissa Veras, since the bands's debut release. After recordings, Bruno...
, with the publication of two three part comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
series; Nancy Drew
Nancy Drew
Nancy Drew is a fictional young amateur detective in various mystery series for all ages. She was created by Edward Stratemeyer, founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate book packaging firm. The character first appeared in 1930. The books have been ghostwritten by a number of authors and are published...
The Demon of River Heights and The Hardy Boys The Ocean of Osyria. After the completion of both series, the The Demon of River Heights series and The Ocean of Osyria series were both collected into 92 page graphic novels and both books would become the first title in the Nancy Drew Graphic Novel series and The Hardy Boys Graphic Novel series respectively.
All other titles in both series have been made in graphic novel format only and are published every three months.
List of Titles in this Series
Below is a list of titles in The Hardy Boys Graphic Novel series:2005
- 1. The Ocean of Osyria
When Chet Morton
Chet Morton
Chet Morton is a fictional character in the The Hardy Boys book series by Franklin W. Dixon.-Fictional history:Chet grew up with Frank and Joe Hardy and has been one of their best friends since second grade. He usually says he doesn't want to have anything to do with the Hardy boys' mysteries,...
’s Internet account is hacked into and used to bid on a stolen artifact, the Ocean of Osyria, best friends Frank and Joe Hardy, along with girlfriends Callie Shaw and Iola Morton, head to Osyria (the location of the auction), to clear Chet’s name.
- 2. Identity Theft
The brother investigate a very strange mystery about a popular girl's stolen identity
- 3. Mad House
- 4. Malled
The brother and a few foreign shoppers were locked up in Bayport's new shopping mall deliberetely by a mysterious man who sabotaged the mall with lots of traps. The 'prisoners' must struggle to survive together, find a way to escape (fast!) and find and stop the man with a few ATAC gadgets the brothers have before it's too late.
2006
- 4. Malled
- 5. Sea You, Sea Me
- 6. Hyde & Shriek
- 7. The Opposite Numbers
2007
- 8. Board to Death
- 9. To Die or Not to Die
- 10. A Hardy Day's Night
- 11. Abracadeath
2008
- 12. Dude Ranch O' Death!
- 13. The Deadliest Stunt
- 14. Haley Danelle's Top Eight!
- 15. Live Free, Die Hardy!
2009
- 16. Shhhhhh!
- 17. Word Up!
- 18. D.A.N.G.E.R. spells the hangman
- 19. Chaos at 50,000 feet!