The firebird rocket / by Franklin W. Dixon.
The launching of the Firebird Rocket is endangered when a famous rocket scientist disappears without a trace on his way to the Woomera Monitoring Station in Australia. Assigned to the case, Fenton Hardy tells his sons he needs their help. And Frank and Joe must turn down a request that they find the missing son of a prominent senator. The search for the scientist begins at the Princeton Space Laboratory, where the boys realize they are being hunted by an unknown adversary. Clues lead them to Australia, and again they are followed. Then suddenly their lives are in danger! Someone in an automobile tries to run them over; and, later, at dockside, a heavy cargo bale falls and just misses them. Disregarding the danger and warnings of worse to come, the boys follow the trail to a cattle station in the Australian Outback. With courage, wit, and clever detective work, the young detectives begin to close in on the enemy, only to discover that the tables have been turned. Captured by their cunning adversaries, the Hardys face certain death! Will they escape? Will the Firebird Rocket ever be launched? Read this exciting mystery about Frank and Joe's most difficult case. - Flyleaf.
Two teenage sleuths help their detective father search for a famous rocket scientist whose disappearance endangers the launching of the Firebird Rocket.
Record details
- ISBN: 0448089572
- ISBN: 0448189577
- ISBN: 9780448089577
- ISBN: 9780448189574
- Physical Description: 180 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Grosset & Dunlap, [1978]
- Copyright: ©1978
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- A frantic warning -- The runaway rocket -- The blow-up -- A strange disappearance -- Night visitor -- A ghostly hand -- Radioactive evidence -- Danger in the surf -- The porter's clue -- A spy in the crowd -- Chet's clever plan -- Kangaroo confrontation -- Daring escape -- Frank foils the gang -- A deadly snake -- Helicopter hunt -- Woomera welcome -- The trap -- The rope trick -- Surprise in Port Augusta.
- Target Audience Note:
- 700L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.3 6 6814.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | JUV FIC DIXON (Text) | 36015000422275 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | JUV FIC DIXON (Text) | 36015001224845 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
