The Missing Mitt

By Franklin W. Dixon and Scott Burroughs

In The Missing Mitt, the boys must help their teammate find his lucky mitt before the last game, or their Little League season is doomed!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aladdin
• Release date: Apr 27, 2010
• ISBN: 9781416999249

Franklin W. Dixon

Franklin W. Dixon is the author of the ever-popular Hardy Boys books.

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THE HARDY BOYS®

SECRET FILES #2

The Missing Mitt

BY FRANKLIN W. DIXON

ILLUSTRATED BY SCOTT BURROUGHS

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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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First Aladdin paperback edition April 2010

Text copyright © 2010 by Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Illustrations copyright © 2010 by Scott Burroughs

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Designed by Lisa Vega

The text of this book was set in Garamond.

Manufactured in the United States of America / 0310 OFF

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Library of Congress Control Number 2009932649

ISBN 978-1-4169-9394-0

ISBN 978-1-4169-9924-9 (eBook)

CONTENTS

1 the big game

2 Racing the Clock

3 Practice Makes Problems

4 The Missing Mitt

5 The Six Ws

6 A Surprise Witness!

7 Strike Three, You’re Out!

8 Triple Play

9 Deep in the Outfield

10 Secret File #2: A Home Run!

The Missing Mitt

1

The Big Game

The bases are loaded! Two outs, the bottom of the ninth. The Bayport Bandits really need this one to win." The announcer’s voice was loud.

Joe Hardy is stepping up to the plate, lucky bat in hand. His brother, Frank, is on third base, itching for home.

This was the most exciting World Series final anyone had ever seen. The crowd went wild. They were cheering and chanting, Hardy! Hardy! Hardy! Eight-year-old Joe took a few practice swings. There had to be ten thousand people in the stands. Or more! He’d always dreamed of playing in the World Series. And now the Bayport Bandits had finally made it.

If Joe can hit a home run, the Bandits will win this game. Otherwise, the Johnston Jupiters will be taking home the Commissioner’s Trophy again.

The Johnston Jupiters were the Bandits’ biggest rivals.

The crowd grew quiet as Joe got ready. He looked at his brother,

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