The Hardy Boys

The Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe Hardy, are fictional characters who appear in various mystery series for children and teens.

The characters were created by Edward Stratemeyer, the founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate, a book-packaging firm, and the books have been written by many different ghostwriters over the years. The books are published under the collective pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon.

The Hardy Boys have evolved in various ways since their first appearance in 1927. Beginning in 1959, the books were extensively revised, largely to eliminate racial stereotypes. The books were also written in a simpler style in an attempt to compete with television. Some critics argue that in the process, the Hardy Boys changed, becoming more respectful of the law and simultaneously more affluent, "agents of the adult ruling class" and the like. Most, however, saw the updates as an attempt to make the style of the books more modern, while lamenting the loss of the richer pre-war descriptive style. Similar complaints were made about the updates to the comparable girls' series Nancy Drew.

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Reading literacy to combat fake news

The Manila Times 24 Mar 2025
Part of this problem is the nosedive in reading literacy among Filipinos ... The first full- blown novel I read at 12 years old was Volume 33 of Hardy Boys' "Yellow Feather Mystery." ... Our minds were bursting with creativity and high order thinking ... ....
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How to watch Tucker County vs. East Hardy in West Virginia (WVSSAC) high school boys basketball semifinals

Sportingnews 21 Mar 2025
This WVSSAC Class A boys basketball semifinals is about as juicy as possible ... 3 East Hardy (20-5) in a meeting of regional rivals and a rematch that East Hardy has presumably been dreaming of for two months ... East Hardy boys basketball.
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Word of South founder Mark Mustian launches third novel, 'Boy With Wings'

Tallahassee Democrat 21 Mar 2025
And as practicing attorneys do, he says, “I was reading all the time, not for pleasure as I had as a child with the Hardy Boys and the Dune series, but now it was contracts and financial topics.”.
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Challenge of Champions next week | Barton

Red Bluff Daily News 08 Mar 2025
Boys Cutting ... Duane Bell of Bakersfield was the Boys winner ... Hardy Vestal, Fall River Mills was 1st in Boys Cutting ... Bulls- Jim Trimm, Corning; Bareback- Ed Ellis; Steer WrestlingMatt Wilson, Montague; Calf Roping- Hardy Vestal; Team RopingT.C.
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Orleans Want You to Know They're "Still the One"

Houston Press 07 Mar 2025
Lane, Spencer, Lance Hoppen, Lane Hoppen, Hooper ... That means plenty of Gen Xers waiting to watch The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, The Six Million Dollar Man, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, and Three’s Company had it drilled into their heads.
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Surprise Reunion: Matt Hardy and Ethan Page cross paths at WWE Performance Center

The Times of India 06 Mar 2025
Though their meeting was bittersweet, this encounter might hint at a possible WWE debut of All Ego and The Hardy Boys ... Shortly, the meeting shifted to a bittersweet moment when All Ego hinted that something was left to take from the Hardy Boys.
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The Evolution of Tag Team Wrestling: D-Von Dudley reflects on what's missing in modern tag teams

The Times of India 06 Mar 2025
During the podcast, he acknowledged how The Hardy Boys, The Dudley Boyz, and Edge and Christian were unaffected by the first spots as they just wanted to give everyone their own spotlight.
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