The Video Game Bandit

Written by Franklin W. Dixon · Illustrated by Matt David

Part of the Hardy Boys Clue Book series

A prized video game system vanishes at a school fundraiser. Can the mystery be solved in time?

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96 pages· 9,854 words· Est. 2 hour read· 620L

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Bookroo's summary

Frank and Joe are on the case when a coveted ZCross50000 video game system disappears during Bayport Elementary's fundraiser. With the school's end-of-year trip at stake, the boys must unravel the mystery before it's too late. As they navigate clues and suspects, readers can join the investigation, jotting down their own theories and solutions. Will they uncover the thief and save the day, or will the trip be canceled? Dive into this interactive mystery and find out!

From the publisher

Frank and Joe are on a mission to track down a thief in the first book in an all-new, interactive Hardy Boys chapter book mystery series. Includes space for readers to jot down their own ideas and solutions to the case! Bayport Elementary is throwing a fundraiser so they can go on an end-of-the-year trip. Ellie Freeman’s parents have volunteered their house for the event, and neighbors have donated all sorts of prizes to be raffled off including movie tickets and gift certificates to Fun World. But the best prize of all is a brand-new ZCross50000, a video game system that every kid has been drooling over. But sometime during the event, the ZCross goes missing. Can Frank and Jo figure out who took the prize before it’s too late to save the big school trip?

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