Williamsburg Regional Library

The firebird rocket, by Franklin W. Dixon

eng

illustrations

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Ages 9-12

fiction

The firebird rocket

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by Franklin W. Dixon

The Hardy boys, 57

The launching of the Firebird Rocket is jeopardized when a famous rocket scientist disappears on his way to the Woomera Monitoring Station in Australia. Assigned to the case, Fenton Hardy enlists his sons' help. The search for the scientist begins at the Princeton Space Laboratory, where Frank and Joe realize they are being hunted by an unknown adversary. Clues lead them to Australia where they find themselves 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, the boys follow the trail to a cattle station in the Australian Outback and begin to close in on the enemy, only to discover that the tables have been turned

pre adolescent