The Undercover Brothers is about two teenage brother detectives, Frank and Joe Hardy, who are the sons of world-famous PIFenton Hardy. Although there are many similarities in this series to the previous Hardy Boys series, there are also many changes, for example:
The Hardy boys are undercover agents for American Teens Against Crime (ATAC), a top-secret government organization, co-founded by their father, and are solving more realistic and violent crimes.[1] Since it is a top-secret organization, Frank and Joe often need to make up excuses to convince their mother and aunt to let them go to places.
The books in this series are written in a first-person narrative style with Frank and Joe alternating chapters and often interrupting each other.[1]
The Hardy boys' aunt's name is shortened from Gertrude to Trudy. It is revealed in Hurricane Joe why she shortened her name to Trudy. This version is much younger than the character in other Hardy Boys series.
The Hardy boys' long-time girlfriends, Callie Shaw and Iola Morton, appear in the books, but only as platonic friends of the boys instead of love interests. Other friends from the original series are occasionally mentioned but never play important roles as they did in the past.
The Hardy Boys Secret Files is a series begun in 2010 by the publisher Simon & Schuster under their Aladdin imprint. It features the Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe, as grade-school detectives. Three new titles are published yearly as paperback books and eBooks. This series ended in 2015 and was replaced by the Hardy Boys Clue Book series.
Trouble at the Arcade
The Missing Mitt
Mystery Map
Hopping Mad
A Monster of a Mystery
The Bicycle Thief
The Disappearing Dog
Sports Sabotage
The Great Coaster Caper
A Rockin' Mystery (October 2012)
Robot Rumble (April 2013)
Lights, Camera...Zombies! (August 2013)
Balloon Blow-Up (December 2013)
Fossil Frenzy (April 2014)
Ship of Secrets (August 2014)
Camping Chaos (December 2014)
The Great Escape (April 2015)
Medieval Upheaval (August 2015)
The Race Is On (December 2015)
Titles, authorship, and publication dates
#
Title
Pub.
1
Trouble at the Arcade
April 27, 2010
2
The Missing Mitt
3
Mystery Map
August 17, 2010
4
Hopping Mad
September 14, 2010
5
A Monster of a Mystery
April 5, 2011
6
The Bicycle Thief
August 9, 2011
7
The Disappearing Dog
October 18, 2011
8
Sports Sabotage
April 3, 2012
9
The Great Coaster Caper
August 7, 2012
10
A Rockin' Mystery
October 16, 2012
11
Robot Rumble
April 2, 2013
12
Lights, Camera ... Zombies!
August 6, 2013
13
Balloon Blow-Up
December 3, 2013
14
Fossil Frenzy
April 29, 2014
15
Ship of Secrets
August 5, 2014
16
Camping Chaos
December 2, 2014
17
The Great Escape
April 21, 2015
18
Medieval Upheaval
August 4, 2015
19
The Race Is On
December 1, 2015
Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super MysteryEdit
A crossover spin-off series with the Nancy Drew: Girl Detective series. The stories are told in the first person, alternating chapters between Frank's or Joe's and Nancy's perspective. The first title in the series acts as an introduction between the characters. This series published one title per year until the end of the Girl Detective and Undercover Brothers series in 2012.
Titles and publication dates
#
Title
Released
1
Terror on Tour
June 5, 2007
2
Danger Overseas
May 6, 2008
3
Club Dread
May 5, 2009
4
Gold Medal Murder
July 6, 2010
5
Bonfire Masquerade
July 12, 2011
6
Stage Fright
July 10, 2012
Graphic novelsEdit
In the spring of 2005, NBM launched its new imprint, Papercutz, with the publication of two three-part comic book series; Nancy Drew (The Demon of River Heights) and The Hardy Boys (The Ocean of Osyria).[3] After the completion of both series, The Demon of River Heights series and The Ocean of Osyria series were both collected into 92 pages graphic novels, becoming the first titles in the Nancy Drew graphic novel series and the Hardy Boys graphic novel series respectively.
All other titles in both series have been made in graphic novel format only and are published every three months.
List of graphic novels series titlesEdit
2005
1. The Ocean of Osyria
When Chet Morton's Internet account is hacked into and used to bid on a stolen artifact, the Ocean of Osyria, best friends Frank and Joe Hardy, with girlfriends Callie Shaw and Iola Morton, head to Osyria, the location of the auction, to clear Chet's name.
2. Identity Theft
The brothers investigate a very strange mystery about a popular, wealthy teenage girl's stolen identity.
3. Mad House
4. Malled
The brothers and a few foreign shoppers are locked up in Bayport's new shopping mall deliberately by a mysterious man who sabotaged the mall with many traps. The 'prisoners' must struggle to survive together, find a way to escape, and find and stop the man with a few ATAC gadgets the brothers have before it is too late.
^ abcFinnan, Robert W. "The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers". hardyboys.us. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
^Dixon, Franklin W. (2006). Wanted. New York: Aladdin Paperbacks. ISBN9781416912583. OCLC 68464677.
^ "The Hardy Boys". Papercutz. Retrieved 2018-01-01.
^Lobdell, Scott; Marcondes, Paulo H.; Rendon, Daniel; Lima, Sidney (8 November 2016). "To die or not to die". Hardy boys adventures 1. New York. ISBN9781629916071. OCLC 932060662.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Lobdell, Scott; Marcondes, Paulo H.; Rendon, Daniel; Lima, Sidney (8 November 2016). "Hardy Day's Night". Hardy boys adventures 1. New York. ISBN9781629916071. OCLC 932060662.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
External linksEdit
hardyboys.us
Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers at Simon and Schuster
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For the 2002 film see Undercover Brother For Ugandan music duo see Undercover Brothers Ug The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers is a detective fiction series of books published by Aladdin Paperbacks an imprint of Simon amp Schuster which replaced The Hardy Boys Digest paperbacks in early 2005 1 All the books in the series have been written under the pen name of Franklin W Dixon Contents 1 Series background 1 1 Regular series 1 2 Trilogy series 1 3 Undercover Brothers Super Mysteries 2 The Hardy Boys Secret Files 2 1 Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery 3 Graphic novels 3 1 List of graphic novels series titles 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksSeries background EditThe Undercover Brothers is about two teenage brother detectives Frank and Joe Hardy who are the sons of world famous PI Fenton Hardy Although there are many similarities in this series to the previous Hardy Boys series there are also many changes for example The Hardy boys are undercover agents for American Teens Against Crime ATAC a top secret government organization co founded by their father and are solving more realistic and violent crimes 1 Since it is a top secret organization Frank and Joe often need to make up excuses to convince their mother and aunt to let them go to places The books in this series are written in a first person narrative style with Frank and Joe alternating chapters and often interrupting each other 1 The Hardy boys aunt s name is shortened from Gertrude to Trudy It is revealed in Hurricane Joe why she shortened her name to Trudy This version is much younger than the character in other Hardy Boys series The Hardy boys long time girlfriends Callie Shaw and Iola Morton appear in the books but only as platonic friends of the boys instead of love interests Other friends from the original series are occasionally mentioned but never play important roles as they did in the past The Hardys have a pet parrot named Playback 2 Regular series Edit Titles and publication dates Title Released1 Extreme Danger April 1 20052 Running on Fumes3 Boardwalk Bust4 Thrill Ride5 Rocky Road July 1 20056 Burned October 1 20057 Operation Survival December 1 20058 Top Ten Ways to Die February 1 20069 Martial Law April 1 200610 Blown Away June 1 200611 Hurricane Joe August 1 200612 Trouble in Paradise October 1 200613 The Mummy s Curse November 28 200614 Hazed February 6 200715 Death and Diamonds April 10 200716 Bayport Buccaneers June 5 200717 Murder at the Mall July 24 200718 Pushed September 25 200719 Foul Play November 27 200720 Feeding Frenzy January 8 200821 Comic Con Artist March 25 2008Trilogy series Edit Titles and publication dates Title Released Trilogy22 Deprivation House May 20 2008 The Murder House Trilogy23 House Arrest July 8 200824 Murder House September 30 200825 Double Trouble November 25 2008 Double Danger Trilogy26 Double Down December 23 200827 Double Deception March 10 200928 Galaxy X May 19 2009 Galaxy X Trilogy29 X plosion July 21 200930 The X Factor September 8 200931 Killer Mission November 10 2009 Killer Mystery Trilogy32 Private Killer January 5 201033 Killer Connections March 9 201034 The Children of the Lost May 4 2010 Identity Mystery Trilogy35 Lost Brother October 12 201036 Forever Lost January 4 201137 Movie Menace May 10 2011 The Deathstalker Trilogy38 Movie Mission September 13 201139 Movie Mayhem January 3 2012Undercover Brothers Super Mysteries Edit Titles and publication dates Title Released1 Wanted June 1 20062 Kidnapped at the Casino May 8 20073 The Haunted August 5 2008The Hardy Boys Secret Files EditThe Hardy Boys Secret Files is a series begun in 2010 by the publisher Simon amp Schuster under their Aladdin imprint It features the Hardy Boys Frank and Joe as grade school detectives Three new titles are published yearly as paperback books and eBooks This series ended in 2015 and was replaced by the Hardy Boys Clue Book series Trouble at the Arcade The Missing Mitt Mystery Map Hopping Mad A Monster of a Mystery The Bicycle Thief The Disappearing Dog Sports Sabotage The Great Coaster Caper A Rockin Mystery October 2012 Robot Rumble April 2013 Lights Camera Zombies August 2013 Balloon Blow Up December 2013 Fossil Frenzy April 2014 Ship of Secrets August 2014 Camping Chaos December 2014 The Great Escape April 2015 Medieval Upheaval August 2015 The Race Is On December 2015 Titles authorship and publication dates Title Pub 1 Trouble at the Arcade April 27 20102 The Missing Mitt3 Mystery Map August 17 20104 Hopping Mad September 14 20105 A Monster of a Mystery April 5 20116 The Bicycle Thief August 9 20117 The Disappearing Dog October 18 20118 Sports Sabotage April 3 20129 The Great Coaster Caper August 7 201210 A Rockin Mystery October 16 201211 Robot Rumble April 2 201312 Lights Camera Zombies August 6 201313 Balloon Blow Up December 3 201314 Fossil Frenzy April 29 201415 Ship of Secrets August 5 201416 Camping Chaos December 2 201417 The Great Escape April 21 201518 Medieval Upheaval August 4 201519 The Race Is On December 1 2015Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery Edit A crossover spin off series with the Nancy Drew Girl Detective series The stories are told in the first person alternating chapters between Frank s or Joe s and Nancy s perspective The first title in the series acts as an introduction between the characters This series published one title per year until the end of the Girl Detective and Undercover Brothers series in 2012 Titles and publication dates Title Released1 Terror on Tour June 5 20072 Danger Overseas May 6 20083 Club Dread May 5 20094 Gold Medal Murder July 6 20105 Bonfire Masquerade July 12 20116 Stage Fright July 10 2012Graphic novels EditIn the spring of 2005 NBM launched its new imprint Papercutz with the publication of two three part comic book series Nancy Drew The Demon of River Heights and The Hardy Boys The Ocean of Osyria 3 After the completion of both series The Demon of River Heights series and The Ocean of Osyria series were both collected into 92 pages graphic novels becoming the first titles in the Nancy Drew graphic novel series and the Hardy Boys graphic novel series respectively All other titles in both series have been made in graphic novel format only and are published every three months List of graphic novels series titles Edit 2005 1 The Ocean of OsyriaWhen Chet Morton s Internet account is hacked into and used to bid on a stolen artifact the Ocean of Osyria best friends Frank and Joe Hardy with girlfriends Callie Shaw and Iola Morton head to Osyria the location of the auction to clear Chet s name 2 Identity TheftThe brothers investigate a very strange mystery about a popular wealthy teenage girl s stolen identity 3 Mad House 4 MalledThe brothers and a few foreign shoppers are locked up in Bayport s new shopping mall deliberately by a mysterious man who sabotaged the mall with many traps The prisoners must struggle to survive together find a way to escape and find and stop the man with a few ATAC gadgets the brothers have before it is too late 2006 4 Malled 5 Sea You Sea Me 6 Hyde and Shriek 7 The Opposite Numbers2007 8 Board to DeathThe brothers must figure out who is trying to kill the competition at a skateboard tournament 9 To Die or Not to Die 4 The boys head to a drama competition for high school students to snoop out a sabotager wanting to win the tournament 10 A Hardy Day s Night 5 The Hardy Boys have to rescue an agent s son or they will be dead 11 Abracadeath2008 12 Dude Ranch O Death 13 The Deadliest StuntThe brothers head to a stunt competition to work with Lindsay Rider as backup 14 Haley Danelle s Top Eight When Haley s Internet friends start disappearing in real life the boys decide to help out 15 Live Free Die Hardy 2009 16 Shhhhhh 17 Word Up 18 D A N G E R Spells the Hangman 19 Chaos at 50 000 feet 2010 20 Deadly StrategySee also EditThe Hardy Boys nbsp Children s literature portalReferences Edit a b c Finnan Robert W The Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers hardyboys us Retrieved 2018 01 01 Dixon Franklin W 2006 Wanted New York Aladdin Paperbacks ISBN 9781416912583 OCLC 68464677 The Hardy Boys Papercutz Retrieved 2018 01 01 Lobdell Scott Marcondes Paulo H Rendon Daniel Lima Sidney 8 November 2016 To die or not to die Hardy boys adventures 1 New York ISBN 9781629916071 OCLC 932060662 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Lobdell Scott Marcondes Paulo H Rendon Daniel Lima Sidney 8 November 2016 Hardy Day s Night Hardy boys adventures 1 New York ISBN 9781629916071 OCLC 932060662 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link External links Edithardyboys us Hardy Boys Undercover Brothers at Simon and Schuster Simon and Schuster Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Undercover Brothers amp oldid 1179937866 Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys Super Mystery, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,