Daredevils (The Hardy Boys)

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Daredevils
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Author Franklin W. Dixon
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series Hardy Boys
Genre Mystery fiction, detective fiction
Publisher Pocket, Aladdin, Thorndike
Publication date
 2000
Media typePrint (paperback)
Pages148
ISBN 0671038613
OCLC 43092632
Preceded by The London Deception  
Followed by A Game Called Chaos  

Daredevils is the 159th title of the Hardy Boys series, written by Franklin W. Dixon. The book was first published by Pocket Books in 2000, and republished by Aladdin Paperbacks in 2002, and by Thorndike Press in 2003.

Franklin W. Dixon house pseudonym used by the Stratemeyer Syndicate

Franklin W. Dixon is the pen name used by a variety of different authors who wrote The Hardy Boys novels for the Stratemeyer Syndicate as well as for the Ted Scott Flying Stories series published by Grosset & Dunlap.

Pocket Books American publisher


Pocket Books is a division of Simon & Schuster that primarily publishes paperback books.

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 (1961). Atheneum merged with or was acquired by Scribner's in 1978, then MacMillan in 1984, before the acquisition by Simon & Schuster in 1994.

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Plot summary

The Hardy Boys meet popular stunt man and former family friend Terrence McCauley. His father, Brian McCauley is a friend of Fenton Hardy. Terrence became a stuntman against his father's better wishes, and now somebody's after him. After two attacks on Terrence's life, Joe Hardy enters Daredevil fest — a competition to decide the best young stuntman — as a bodyguard to protect Terrence from the stalker. More accidents happen, with Joe rescuing Terrence each time. Then, just when they think they've got the stalker, the mystery man kidnaps their parents and sends them back to square one. Frank and Joe Hardy finally find out that Slim Billy, a man who Terrence almost blew up, is the one looking for revenge and trying to kill him.

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