The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (Hardy Boys, Book 39)

Features

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 192 pages
• Published by: Grosset & Dunlap December 1, 1959
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0448089394
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0448089393
• Book Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.8 x 0.7 inches
• Weighs: 8 ounces

Reader Reviews
This review is from: The Mystery of the Chinese Junk (Hardy Boys, Book 39) (Hardcover) It's amazing how time changes people's perspective on things and as they say, the cream always rises to the top. Now, as I approach the big 40, I've started my inevitable nostalgic journey and I've just come across this old edition of Dixon's classic that I first got at the age of 13. Looking back, I realise now what a great debt I owe to what has now become institutions of teaching for my English education and for my love of reading. Sesame Street and the Electric Company from the world of television and my public library card and the works of Franklin W. Dixon from the world of books deserve much of the credit. I am not surprised at how with the amazing exception of The Electric Company the others are still alive and kicking today for a new generation of kids. I've read many of the Hardy Boy's adventures but this edition #39 is the sole volume that I've still got on my bookshelf. Although it may not be THE best adventure of theirs that's been written, for me it still holds all the essential ingredients that has made the entire series an enduring success. We get for a change, many of the brothers' friends involved and we get the usual formula of mystery, sleuthing, capture, escape and solution in the end. The setting and the story changes but the formula remains intact. Thank you Hardy Boys for providing me with such great excitement as an early teen and without me truly realizing it, educating me in the process and preparing me for a lifetime of friendship with books. "The Mystery of the Chinese Junk" will always remain on my bookshelf alongside my other friends.