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    Martial Law
    Martial Law
    Martial Law
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    Martial Law

    By Franklin W. Dixon

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    Follow Frank and Joe as they save the lives of in a local Karate school!

    ATAC sends Frank and Joe to investigate a possible connection between two unusually harsh accidents at a nearby Martial Arts school. Enrolling in the school, of course, allows the guys to collect some serious clues--and to discover that this case may lead them dangerously close to their own circle of friends.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAladdin
    Release dateApr 24, 2012
    ISBN9781442465176
    Martial Law
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    Franklin W. Dixon

    Franklin W. Dixon is the author of the ever-popular Hardy Boys books.

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      I'm much older than the target audience for these books. I read the original series when I was in the age group it's written for and also watched the TV show.I thought in the original books that the brothers knew some martial arts so it was a bit surprising in this book that they seemed to know very little about it. I read the book just prior to this one in the series and that case had nothing to do with the opening of this book--while it is believable that there would be more ATAC missions than books, it just seems odd that the bridge between the books makes no mention of the book before it.I liked that Chet was part of this book (more than in the other book in this series I read recently).I guessed what was going on in the dojo long before it was revealed. I'm surprised no one else thought of it. The clues were there.

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    Martial Law - Franklin W. Dixon

    ATAC BRIEFING FOR AGENTS FRANK AND HARDY

    MISSION:

    To determine whether there’s a connection between injuries sustained by two students at the Rising Phoenix Martial Arts Center. One student was beaten; the other simply collapsed on the floor of the school.

    LOCATION:

    Holtsville. Just south of Bayport.

    POTENTIAL VICTIMS:

    The two students are currently in the hospital recovering.

    More students could be at risk.

    SUSPECTS:

    Sensei Paul Huang or any of the students.

    Further investigation is necessary.

    THIS MISSION REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION

    THIS MESSAGE WILL BE ERASED IN FIVE SECONDS.

    WATCH OUT FOR OUR NEXT CASE: #10: Blown Away

    ALADDIN PAPERBACKS

    Simon & Schuster, New York

    Cover designed by Lisa Vega

    Cover photograph copyright © 2006 by

       Comstock/SuperStock

    Ages 8-12

    kids.simonandschuster.com

    0407

    Kickin’ It at the Dojo...

    Joe and I stood helpless as Trudy cut through the brown tape sealing the box. We looked at each other, panicked.

    There you go. Aunt Trudy stepped back, leaving us to unpack our own disaster. Did you get what you wanted?

    We had no choice. Slowly I reached out and opened the top flaps of the box. Please let it be something innocent looking, I thought.

    I glanced down and saw two black karate outfits with white belts.

    I don’t know what I was expecting, but not this. As I lifted the uniforms from the box, Joe reached in and pulled out a karate book and a martial-arts-themed video game. Other karate gear had been packed in under the book—exercise mats for falling and sparring gloves.

    Yeah, Aunt Trudy, this is pretty much what we ordered. It’s, um . . . karate stuff, I finished, hoping there would be no further inquiry.

    I can see that. But why? Aunt Trudy never backed down easily.

    Actually, Trudy, this is my doing, Dad said, coming into the kitchen just in time. The boys mentioned they were interested in learning more about martial arts, so I ordered them this stuff online.

    #1 Extreme Danger

    #2 Running on Fumes

    #3 Boardwalk Bust

    #4 Thrill Ride

    #5 Rocky Road

    #6 Burned

    #7 Operation: Survival

    #8 Top Ten Ways to Die

    #9 Martial Law

    Available from Simon & Schuster

    This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

    ALADDIN PAPERBACKS

    An imprint of Simon & Schuster

    Children’s Publishing Division

    1230 Avenue of the Americas

    New York, NY 10020

    www.SimonandSchuster.com

    www.AladdinPaperbacksPublishing.com

    Copyright © 2006 by Simon & Schuster, Inc.

    All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.

    THE HARDY BOYS MYSTERY STORIES and HARDY BOYS

    UNDERCOVER BROTHERS are trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc. ALADDIN PAPERBACKS and colophon are trademarks of Simon & Schuster, Inc.

    Designed by Lisa Vega

    The text of this book was set in Aldine 401BT.

    First Aladdin Paperbacks edition April 2006

    Library of Congress Control Number: 2005929899

    ISBN-13: 978-1-4169-0398-7

    ISBN-10: 1-4169-0398-4

    eISBN-13: 978-1-4424-6517-6

    1. Racing Waves

    2. Kung Fu Fighting

    3. Dis-Orientation

    4. Nerd Master

    5. Too Quiet

    6. Dough-Jo

    7. California (Diner) Trail

    8. Bad Medicine

    9. Suspect Behavior

    10. The Source

    11. Undercover Agent

    12. A New Plan of ATAC

    13. Herbal Overload

    14. Master of Lies

    15. Rumble in the Dojo

    16. Outnumbered

    17. Three Great Detectives

    1

    Racing Waves

    Whoo-hoo! I screamed above the roar of my engine.

    Catching some serious air on a Jet Ski always makes me want to yell. It was a perfect spring day out on the water. Blue skies, blue ocean—great for showing off and splashing down.

    My Jet Ski touched down to one side of the speedboat’s wake. I glanced over my shoulder at my older brother, Frank. He was on a Jet Ski too. You’d think he would be as psyched as me, but he didn’t look ready to whoop it up. Instead he gave me the patented Frank Hardy get serious glare and motioned with his hand for me to pull up on the opposite side of the boat.

    That’s Frank in a nutshell—all business. He has no appreciation for a good moment. Sure, we were out on the open seas chasing down a criminal on a case for ATAC, American Teens Against Crime. Sure, E. J. Kingdon, the lowlife we were after this time, had a gun and had already made it clear he wasn’t afraid to use it. And sure, we were racing far enough out to sea that soon our Jet Skis wouldn’t be able to take us all the way back to shore.

    But we’d been in worse shape than this before. That’s what we do—face life-threatening situations and have a seriously great time doing it. Oh, and take down the bad guys.

    And E. J. was a genuinely bad guy. Posing as a friendly janitor, he’d stolen explosives and other bomb-making materials from a local college laboratory. ATAC got wind of it and sent us in as eager high school students getting a jump on the college search process. Once he found out where the explosives were stored, E. J. bypassed the security procedures and took what he wanted. He also knocked out a few students and Ms. Cottaldo, a really cool professor’s assistant.

    Stealing dangerous material was bad enough. Violence was even worse. Frank and I were gonna bring E. J. down, no matter what it took.

    I gunned the Jet Ski’s engine and pulled up even with the speedboat. I could just see my brother on the other side of it. With the boat blocking his body, all I could see was Frank’s head bobbing up and down with the motion of the ski. Between us, E. J. stood at the controls of the boat, his arm pushing the throttle forward to full speed. From the look on his face, I could tell that the lowlife didn’t want to deal with us. He just wanted to get on with his escape up the coast.

    But that wasn’t going to happen.

    We were running our Jet Skis at top speed, making the wind whip around us. The rush of air made any kind of talking impossible. Thankfully, Frank and I had been in more chases than E. J. could even imagine. ATAC always had us saving the day—or at least lots of people—in some way or another. So we had a language all our own.

    Frank’s arm shot out, pointing to the back of the boat. Meanwhile, he started to pull his Jet Ski farther up alongside the speedboat. He was playing the decoy, getting E. J.’s attention so I could get close without being noticed.

    I let my right wrist ease up just a little, cutting the gas enough to let the boat pass me. Then, just before the V-shaped pattern of the wake caught up with me, I gunned it again, pacing the boat and pulling in tight. I didn’t want to end up behind the boat—one misstep back there and there’d be one less Hardy in the world to give criminals a hard time.

    As my ski pulled up to the starboard side of the boat, I glanced up to make sure E. J.’s attention was still on Frank. Boy, was it. E. J. still had one hand on the throttle, but in his other hand he held a gun!

    He pointed it at Frank. Frank serpentined on his Jet Ski, weaving so close to the boat that E. J. couldn’t get a clear shot, then pulling back out again to keep his attention. It was a dangerous game of cat and mouse my brother was playing. But Frank could handle it. He may be a little boring at times, but the dude has nerves of steel.

    I turned my attention back to what I was doing. I had to get on that boat. It would have to be a precision maneuver. In order to reach the back of the boat, I would have to jump from farther up alongside it. Because the moment I left the Jet Ski and leaped into the air, I would start to slow down. Which

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