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The Video Game Bandit

by Franklin W. Dixon

A school fundraiser mystery with room to solve along

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A school fundraiser mystery with room to solve along

A missing video game system turns Bayport Elementary’s fundraiser into a case for Frank and Joe Hardy. The prize matters not only because it is the event’s biggest draw, but because the fundraiser is meant to support the students’ end-of-year trip. The mystery gives young readers a clear problem to follow, while the interactive format invites them to jot down their own ideas and possible solutions as the investigation unfolds. The school-event setting keeps the stakes close to the children’s everyday world.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young readers interested in beginner-friendly mysteries and detective stories.
  • Children who enjoy school settings, fundraisers, and a missing-prize puzzle.
  • Readers who like having space to record their own clues and solutions.

Themes

Investigation and problem-solvingSchool community and fundraisingReader participation

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Book overview

Frank and Joe are on a mission to track down a thief in the first book in an all-new, interactive Hardy Boys chapter book mystery series. Includes space for readers to jot down their own ideas and solutions to the case!

Bayport Elementary is throwing a fundraiser so they can go on an end-of-the-year trip. Ellie Freeman's parents have volunteered their house for the event, and neighbors have donated all sorts of prizes to be raffled off including movie tickets and gift certificates to Fun World. But the best prize of all is a brand-new ZCross50000, a video game system that every kid has been drooling over.

But sometime during the event, the ZCross goes missing. Can Frank and Jo figure out who took the prize before it's too late to save the big school trip?
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