The Hardy Boys: The Missing Chums, Hunting for Hidden Gold, and the The Shore Road Mystery by Franklin W. Dixon

This is a pre-order title, and will release on Dec. 9th, 2025. Yes, in time for Christmas. 

The classics from Franklin W. Dixon return with the fourth, fifth, and sixth books from the famed series The Hardy Boys. Passage is proud to present: The Missing Chums, Hunting for Hidden Gold, and The Shore Road Mystery.

The Hardy Boys series was originally conceived by publisher Edward Stratemeyer in 1926. Stratemeyer outlined the books and characters then hired Canadian author Charles Leslie McFarlane to serve as the initial ghostwriter for the series, working under the pen name Franklin W. Dixon. The first Hardy Boys book, The Hardy Boys: The Tower Treasure, was published in 1927.

The series was a massive success. Dozens of new Hardy Boys books were commissioned in the following decades, written by McFarlane and his successors. However, beginning in the late 1950s, long after Stratemeyer's death and McFarlane's departure from the series, the publisher began a concerted effort to rewrite the original Hardy Boys books and bring them in line with "modern" sensibilities. Politically incorrect content was removed, the writing was simplified, and the plots were made more formulaic.

These new editions from Passage Press restore books four, five, and six of The Hardy Boys books to their original form, as conceived by Stratemeyer and written by McFarlane. It is our hope that modern audiences will see what parents and children alike saw in these books for decades: The perfect introduction to reading for young people.