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    Balloon Blow-Up
    Balloon Blow-Up
    Balloon Blow-Up
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    Balloon Blow-Up

    By Franklin W. Dixon and Scott Burroughs

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    Frank and Joe are on a case that really pops in this Hardy Brothers Secret Files Mystery.

    The Green Crawler is one of the coolest superheroes around, and Frank and Joe are some of his biggest fans. And thanks to a contest, the Hardy boys get to be two of the handlers for the new Green Crawler balloon in the annual Fall Festival parade in Bayport!

    But the day before the parade, disaster strikes: someone has ripped the Green Crawler balloon! The people in charge think Joe did it—and the Hardys need to clear his name fast. Was it Bayport bully Adam Ackerman, who was green with envy that the Hardys won the contest? Or could the culprits be loyal fans of Nutty the Squirrel, the cartoon character whom the Green Crawler replaced? And Mo Mantis, the Green Crawler’s archenemy, has a few tricks of his own…

    Can the brothers figure out who tried to ground the Green Crawler? Or will Joe and Frank be watching the parade from the sidelines this year?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAladdin
    Release dateDec 3, 2013
    ISBN9781442453722
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      Balloon Blow-Up - Franklin W. Dixon

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      Mall Madness

      Check it out, you guys! nine-year-old Frank Hardy said. Soon we’re going to meet the Crawler in the flesh!"

      "Green flesh!" Frank’s eight-year-old brother, Joe, said with a grin.

      It was Saturday morning. Frank and Joe were at the Bayport Mall. The boys’ friends Chet and Iola Morton were also there, along with about a hundred other kids.

      They weren’t at the mall to see the new electronic games or sneaker styles. They were there to meet the most awesome superhero, the Green Crawler!

      Do you think the Crawler will do what he does in the movies? Chet asked, digging into a bag of Cheesy Curls.

      You mean grow extra legs five times the normal size? Iola asked. And climb walls and ceilings faster than a spider?

      Sure, Frank said. As long as Mo Mantis doesn’t try to stop him.

      Chet let out a Boo! Mo Mantis was the Green Crawler’s biggest enemy. Mo was part human, part praying mantis, and his dream was to destroy the Green Crawler. Thanks to the Crawler, it was a dream that never came true.

      Remember, Iola said. We’re not here just to see the Crawler. We’re here to find out who won the contest!

      How could we forget? Joe said. We all drew a picture of the Green Crawler. And the kid with the best picture wins the big prize, he went on. A chance to march with the Green Crawler balloon in the Fall Fest parade.

      The Fall Fest parade happened every October in Bayport. It had floats and the high school marching band, plus one supersize balloon.

      I’ve always wanted to be one of those balloon handlers, Chet said, and sighed. He crossed his cheesy fingers. I hope I win.

      Me too, Joe said. He pulled something from his back pocket. It looked like a green claw on a stick. That’s why I brought this.

      What is it? Iola asked, wrinkling her nose.

      It’s my Green Crawler snapping claw! Joe said, squeezing the handle to make it open and close. The Green Crawler is the only one who can use Mo Mantis’s own claw against him. It’s also my lucky charm!

      You don’t need luck to win this contest, Joe, Frank said. Just the best drawing of the Green Crawler.

      Joe pictured himself as a balloon handler. Neat! But then he had a scary thought . . .

      What if the balloon picks me up and carries me away? Joe asked. I’m just a kid!

      The other handlers will all be grown-ups, Frank said with a chuckle. That’s what it said in the rules.

      Hopefully, big and strong grown-ups, Chet said. I heard the Green Crawler balloon is humongous!

      They were about to move closer to the stage when a bunch of voices began shouting: We want Nutty! We want Nutty back in the parade!

      Who are they? Chet asked as some kids marched by holding signs. And why are they wearing squirrel hats?

      It’s the Nutty the Squirrel fan club, Frank explained.

      You mean that cartoon squirrel? Iola asked. The Nutty the Squirrel balloon was in the parade two years in a row.

      That’s why the fan club is here, I guess, Frank decided. "They

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