FICTION

The Missing Playbook

by Franklin DIXON
illus. by Matt David. 96p. (Hardy Boys Clue Book: Bk. 2). ebook available. Aladdin. Apr. 2016. Tr $16.99. ISBN 9781481451789; pap. $5.99. ISBN 9781481451772.
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Gr 2–4—Baseball season is about to start up and Frank and Joe Hardy are especially enthusiastic about their team's chances this year since their coach has an awesome new top-secret playbook. When the playbook goes missing at the team's pre-season cookout, the Hardy boys are on the case. All the basic elements of a mystery story are here—clues, suspects, motives, evidence—and readers get a chance to solve the mystery before turning to the last chapter to find out the answer. Clues are shared both in the text and in the occasional black-and-white illustrations, allowing readers to see some of what the Hardy boys are seeing. Young sleuths who aren't quite ready for the original "Hardy Boys" tales or who want a more modern mystery will find much to appreciate here.
Eleven-year-old Frank Hardy and his eight-year-old brother Joe cut their sleuthing teeth on mild mysteries involving a game console that goes missing at a fundraiser (Bandit) and a playbook that disappears during their baseball team's cookout (Playbook). An insert page before the last chapter invites readers to participate by answering three questions related to the case. Each chapter contains one or two illustrations. Guide review covers the following Hardy Boys Clue Book titles: The Missing Playbook and The Video Game Bandit.
Reviewed by Staff , Jun 01, 2016

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