The Clue of the Screeching Owl

by Franklin W. Dixon

Book Overview

When dogs and men suddenly disappear, and strange screams fill the night, fantastic stories of vengeful ghosts are almost believable. It is these strange happenings which bring Frank and Joe Hardy to the Pocono Mountains to help their father's friend solve the mystery of Black Hollow. But when the Hardy boys and Chet Morton arrive at Captain Thomas Maguire's cabin on the edge of the hollow, he has disappeared. Frank and Joe are determined to find...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0448089416
• ISBN13: 9780448089416
• Release Date: January 1962
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap
• Length: 177 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.7"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

No Sleep at Night

I read the book The Clue of the Screeching Owl. This book was written by Franklin Dixon. It was about three boys going to a cabin in the woods to meet their friend Mr.Mcguire. The boys' host never showed up at the cabin, so they went in search for him. At night in what was called "Black Hollow" you could hear the shriek sound of someone screaming. My opinion of this book is very good. I really liked all of the mystery in it. If I was looking for a good mystery book and hadn't read this one, I would definately pick it. It had a lot of suspicion going in my mind of what was going to happen next. There was one thing that I didn't like about this book.It had some very difficult words in it. If those words hadn't had been in there, it would have made it a lot easier to understand. But overall I really liked this book.

The Best Of The Later Hardcover Editions

Frank, Joe and Chet travel to Black Hollow in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains to help a friend of their father. However, when they arrive, he is nowhere to be found and they are told an almost unbelievable story of a two hundred year-old witch that emerges from the hollow at night to steal dogs and terrorize the people of the village with her screaming. Frank, Joe and Chet try to solve the mystery of the witch, the disappearance of their friend and what connection, if any, a deaf, mute boy has to the strange happenings in the hollow. This book is excellent, it is one of the best books of the entire series and is easily the best book of the hardcovers from 39-58. The action starts in the first chapter and it never lets up. This book is probably the best written and most descriptive of the later volumes. This is a great book and should not be missed by any Hardy Boys fan.

Terrific

This is by far one of the best Hardy Boys Books it is right up there in my top five.

EXCELLENT BOOK!

Among the higher volumes, after #37, this books ranks as Number #1. In fact, although not the best book in the set, it ranks among the best. I loved the setting in this one. The Hardys camped on the edge of a Hollow. The chance for mischief ever present throughout the story. Brilliant.

Delightful reading

The higher books, from volume #36-58, they tended to lack the quality which the lower volumes pocessed. However this one equals the lower volumes in a different kind of way. An excellent book that was a treat to read.