The Hardy Boys series

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children's book series juvenile mystery novel series literary franchise

The Hardy Boys series is a long-running collection of juvenile mystery novels featuring teenage brothers Frank and Joe Hardy solving crimes and adventures, originally published under the pseudonym Franklin W. Dixon.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories 2
Hardy Boys 1
The Hardy Boys (1969 TV series) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf children's book series ⓘ
juvenile mystery novel series ⓘ
literary franchise ⓘ
authorPseudonym Franklin W. Dixon ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy Edward Stratemeyer ⓘ
crossoverWith Nancy Drew series ⓘ
surface form: Nancy Drew Mystery Stories
featuresCharacter Frank Hardy ⓘ
Joe Hardy ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1927 ⓘ
hasApproximateVolumeCount over 190 volumes ⓘ
hasTheme adventure ⓘ
crime solving ⓘ
family ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
influenced later juvenile detective series ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American children's literature ⓘ
marketedAs The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories
mediaAdaptation The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Hardy Boys (1969 TV series)

The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Hardy Boys (1995 TV series)

The Hardy Boys (2020 TV series) ⓘ
The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV series) ⓘ
notableWork The House on the Cliff ⓘ
The Secret of the Old Mill ⓘ
The Tower Treasure ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
primaryGenre mystery fiction ⓘ
producedBy Stratemeyer Syndicate ⓘ
protagonistAgeGroup teenage boys ⓘ
protagonistRelationship Frank and Joe Hardy are brothers ⓘ
publisher Grosset & Dunlap ⓘ
Simon & Schuster ⓘ
recurringCharacter Aunt Gertrude Hardy ⓘ
Biff Hooper ⓘ
Callie Shaw ⓘ
Chet Morton ⓘ
Fenton Hardy ⓘ
Iola Morton ⓘ
Laura Hardy ⓘ
Tony Prito ⓘ
setting Bayport ⓘ
spinOff The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Hardy Boys Adventures

The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Hardy Boys Casefiles

The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers
targetAudience juvenile readers ⓘ
young adults ⓘ
usesHouseName Franklin W. Dixon is a house pseudonym ⓘ

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Grosset & Dunlap → hasPublished → The Hardy Boys series ⓘ
Grosset & Dunlap → hasPublished → The Hardy Boys series ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories
Michael O'Herlihy → notableWork → The Hardy Boys series ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
The Hardy Boys series → mediaAdaptation → The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Hardy Boys (1969 TV series)
The Hardy Boys series → mediaAdaptation → The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Hardy Boys (1995 TV series)
The Hardy Boys series → spinOff → The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Hardy Boys Casefiles
The Hardy Boys series → spinOff → The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Hardy Boys: Undercover Brothers
The Hardy Boys series → spinOff → The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Hardy Boys Adventures
The Hardy Boys series → marketedAs → The Hardy Boys series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Hardy Boys Mystery Stories
Bobbsey Twins series → similarSeries → The Hardy Boys series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hardy Boys