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The Demolition Mission
Children’s mystery
The Demolition Mission
Book 112 of the The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories series
160 pages · First published 1992
An invitation to test-drive a prototype sports car brings Frank and Joe Hardy to Bayport Motor Speedway. When the valuable racer disappears, the brothers investigate a theft tangled with deliberate sabotage. Their search leads into the demolition derby, where dangerous collisions can provide cover for something more sinister. With suspects around the speedway and lives at risk, Frank and Joe must uncover who is manipulating events behind the scenes. Expect a rainy-day escape full of roaring engines, suspicious mishaps, and a puzzle that keeps pace with the action.
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Dangerous driving, vehicle sabotage, and repeated crashes; physical assaults and blows causing unconsciousness; kidnapping and confinement in a car trunk; restraint, threats with a flare gun, deliberate fire and smoke inhalation; a car bomb.
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