A Monster of a Mystery
By Franklin W. Dixon and Scott Burroughs
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Franklin W. Dixon
Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors (Charles Leslie McFarlane, a Canadian author, being the first) who wrote The Hardy Boys novels.
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A Monster of a Mystery - Franklin W. Dixon
A STOLEN SPORK!
I’m afraid we have a problem,
Mr. Roberts announced. Morpho’s Morph Spork is missing!
Oh no!
Joe exclaimed. He couldn’t believe his ears. How could the Morph Spork be missing?
Everyone else was surprised too. Just about the whole audience started talking at once.
This is terrible,
Phil said. Morpho’s nothing without his Spork!
THE HARDY BOYS® SECRET FILES
#1 Trouble at the Arcade
#2 The Missing Mitt
#3 Mystery Map
#4 Hopping Mad
#5 A Monster of a Mystery
This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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The text of this book was set in Garamond.
Manufactured in the United States of America 0311 OFF
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Library of Congress Control Number 2010929189
ISBN 978-1-4169-9166-3
ISBN 978-1-4424-1987-2 (eBook)
1. MONSTER ATTACK!
2. A HORRIFYING PLAN
3. WAITING IN LINE
4. MEETING MORPHO
5. WHERE’S THE SPORK?
6. LOOKING FOR SUSPECTS
7. ANOTHER MYSTERY
8. SIDETRACKED
9. MASK ATTACK
10. SECRET FILE #5: A SURPRISING SOLUTION
Monster Attack!
Faster!" Frank Hardy shouted.
His brother, Joe, bent over the handlebars of his bike, pumping as hard as he could after Frank. Their bikes flew up a hill and jumped off the far side, landing on the dirt trail below.
He’s coming!
Iola Morton shrieked, glancing over her shoulder. She was riding her bike beside Frank’s.
We have to get away!
their other friend, Phil Cohen, yelled from his bike.
Go! Go!
Joe urged.
All four of them sped around a curve in the trail. They were deep in the woods behind Bayport Park. It was pretty wild back there, with lots of winding trails and hills. It was a fun place to ride bikes—at least, when there wasn’t something scary chasing you.
Just then there was a terrifying roar from somewhere behind them.
It’s the Morph Monster!
Iola cried. He’s catching up!
Joe pedaled even