Mystery of the Whale Tattoo

by Franklin W. Dixon

Book Overview

One exciting event follows another when Frank and Joe Hardy are hired to apprehend the pickpockets who have been plaguing Solo's Super Carnival. When their friends Tony Prito and Biff Hooper exhibit a stuffed whale dug up at a construction project, they all but put the carnival out of business. In this thrilling mystery the young detectives pit their wits against a gang of thieves whose bizarre identification, a three-part whale tattoo, proves to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0448089475
• ISBN13: 9780448089478
• Release Date: December 1968
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Actually 3 1/2 Stars

A job catching pick-pockets at the local carnival, a stuffed whale being exhibited by Tony Prito and Biff Hooper and Mr. Hardy's latest case concerning a stolen ivory idol, send Frank and Joe onto a surprisingly exciting case. This mystery is filled with action and it has a rather interesting and well-thought-out plot. The Hardys are constantly coming into contact with the criminals during the course of the book and you are not always sure who is good and who is a member of the gang. One thing that I particularly like about this book is that, unlike many of the higher volumes, it remembers that Frank and Joe have friends and they are well-used in the book. It's not the greatest book, but I consider it to be one of the better of the higher volumes.

suspenseful and mysterious

Frank and Joe Hardy wanted to find the whale that had been stolen from their friends, Tony and Biff. But met up with trouble when they chased the society that had stolen the whale. But could only catch two. The others were still on the loose and wanted Frank and Joe more than ever. But that didn't stop the Hardy's from searching for the whale. You'll never guess where they found the whale.