The Disappearing Dog

By Franklin W. Dixon and Scott Burroughs

In Hopping Mad, the boys have to figure out a way to stop their school talent show from being ruined—by raining frogs! Let the sleuthing begin!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Aladdin
• Release date: Oct 18, 2011
• ISBN: 9781442423152

Franklin W. Dixon

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

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DOG TRICKS

There’s Mrs. Briar! Joe said. He pointed to the neighbor who lived across from them. She was standing the middle of her front yard. Joe thought she looked lost. Hi, Mrs. Briar! he shouted. Is anything wrong?

Mrs. Briar turned at the sound of Joe’s voice. Yes, there is, boys, she called to them. Charlie has disappeared!

CATCH UP ON ALL THE HARDY BOYS® SECRET FILES

#1 Trouble at the Arcade

#2 The Missing Mitt

#3 Mystery Map

#4 Hopping Mad

#5 A Monster of a Mystery

#6 The Bicycle Thief

#7 The Disappearing Dog

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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Designed by Lisa Vega

The text of this book was set in Garamond.

Manufactured in the United States of America 0911 OFF

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Library of Congress Control Number 2011930733

ISBN 978-1-4424-2314-5

ISBN 978-1-4424-2315-2 (eBook)

CONTENTS

Chapter 1: CLASS MAGICIAN

Chapter 2: HOW DID CHARLIE DISAPPEAR?

Chapter 3: MAGIC SECRETS

Chapter 4: WHAT’S THE WHY?

Chapter 5: SNACK SOLUTION

Chapter 6: THE HORRIBLE SMELL

Chapter 7: CHASED!

Chapter 8: SUSPECT NUMBER ONE—AGAIN!

Chapter 9: THE BIG MAGIC SHOW

Chapter 10: SECRET FILE #7: MAGICALLY SOLVED

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Class Magician

Nine-year-old Frank Hardy’s substitute teacher for the week, Ms. Yung, came into the room, a big smile on her face, and said, I’ve just come from the principal’s office, students. You’re getting a new classmate! He used to go to the school where I taught last year, so I already know all about him.

Frank leaned over to his friend Callie Shaw and whispered, Whoever it is must be really something.

Just then a boy appeared at the classroom door. He was dressed in a knit shirt, jeans, and sneakers. He was holding

Reviews for The Disappearing Dog

[bobby3457 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I thought that this book was alright. It isn't really the type of book that I usually read. It was very short and it took me about an hour to read the entire book. I have read about the Hardy boys last year but this is a different story that they are involved in. I thought that the characters were the normal type of kid detectives that you read about all of the time. It has been done lots of time in books. The Hardy Boys is a pretty old series but this book was not from a long time ago it was a much newer version. I think that people that like the detective books should read this book if they are feeling like they are in the mood for that kind of child detective stuff instead of Sherlock Holmes.This book is about the Hardy Boys who are brothers that are kid detectives. In the town that they live in called Bayport they are pretty famouse. Their father does the same thing that they do but he gets payed and they don't. In this story there is a new kid named Max moves into their town and is in their class. He is a magician that says that he can make anything disapear. Mrs. Briar's dog Charlie has dissapeared and the hardy boys think that Max made him disapear. They put on a show that Max is the star in to try and find out if he was responsible for it. They were wrong and at the end they say sorry to Max and that is what happens at the end.