The Sting of the Scorpion

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The Sting of the Scorpion
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Author Franklin W. Dixon
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Series The Hardy Boys
Genre Detective, mystery
Publisher Grosset & Dunlap
Publication date
1979
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages180 pp
ISBN 0-448-08958-0
OCLC 4900085
LC Class PZ7.D644 St
Preceded by The Firebird Rocket  
Followed by Night of the Werewolf  

The Sting of the Scorpion is Volume 58 in the original Hardy Boys series of mystery books for children and teens published by Grosset & Dunlap. [1] Written by James D. Lawrence for the Stratemeyer Syndicate in 1979, it was published under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon. [2] [3]

The first four printings contained a plug for Night of the Werewolf (Volume 59), but this was removed after the court case between Grosset & Dunlap, Simon & Schuster, and the Stratmeyer Syndicate was settled.

Plot summary

During their father's investigation of the ruthless Scorpio gang of terrorists, the Hardy Boys witness an explosion and an elephant falling from an airship named Safari Queen of Quinn Airport which was carrying animals of the newly opened Wild World Zoo. Strange events are happening at Wild World, so the Hardy Boys search for the truth. They fall into a trap and almost escape injury. They capture the gang in an all-out fight.

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References

  1. Smith, Kevin Burton (5 June 2019). "Frank and Joe Hardy (The Hardy Boys): Created by Franklin W. Dixon, House pseudonym of Stratmeyer Syndicate". thrillingdetective.com. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  2. Keeline, James D. "Who Wrote the Hardy Boys? Secrets from the Syndicate Files Revealed" (PDF).
  3. Smith, Kevin Burton (5 June 2019). "Frank and Joe Hardy (The Hardy Boys): Created by Franklin W. Dixon, House pseudonym of Stratmeyer Syndicate". thrillingdetective.com. Retrieved 12 February 2024.