Rating: 
Summary: Really 4.5 stars
Review: This book really deserves 4 1/2 stars but I'm nice so that's why I gave it 5 stars. This book always has a twist or turn. It starts off that Frank and Joe are assigned by Chief Collig to find out why their's trouble in Shantytown which is a town of shacks( wooden broken down houses). So then there's a bank robbery and then their best friends Biff and Chet are kidnapped. They meet Alf at Shantytown. It's action pace with danger at every turn. One minute they jump overboard a ship to helping their friend after he fractures his ankle sliding down a steep hill. They have to trust their instincts in this suspenseful mystery. Can't say more or I'll reveal the end. Read The Great Airport Mystery( Hardy Boys #9) or The House on the Cliff( Hardy Boys #2). Also read the Harry Potter series. This book was a very suspenseful book. It's very adventurious and a very good book.
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Summary: A masterpiece
Review: This is not only Dixon at the top of his form, this is English literature at its most brilliant. I thought that The Disapperaing Floor would be Dixon's masterpiece, but I was wrong. The Missing Chums is the forgotten gem of 20th century writing, on a par with Joyce, Faulkner, Hemingway, Fitzgerald. Dos Passos. Of particular interest here are the characters Chet, Tony and Iona; what other novelist could have written them so vividly, filled them with such life! The town of Bayport is Dixon's microcosm of the universe, its good and evil, its love and hate, heaven and hell. What Dublin is for Joyce, this village is for Dixon. When all is said and done, I feel that Missing Chums will be ranked with Gatsby and The Sun Also Rises. Like those great novels, this book must be read and read again!
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Summary: EXCITING, ENGROSSING, HUMOROUS
Review: THIS IS THE FIRST HARDY BOYS STORY I EVER READ AND IT WAS SO GOOD THAT I KNEW I WANTED TO READ ALL OF THE OTHERS IN THE SERIES. EACH CHAPTER IS FILLED WITH EXCITEMENT AND HUMOR THAT MAKES IT HARD TO PUT DOWN. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING!
Rating: 
Summary: A Very Good Book
Review: This review concerns the original 1928 edition. Chet and Biff take Biff's new motorboat, the Envoy, on a trip down the coast, but when they fail to return, Frank and Joe try to find their missing chums. The book is slow to start and it isn't until chapter 11 that it really starts to get interesting; however, from that point on, this book probably has one of the best endings of any in the series with lots of suspence and excitement. Unfortunately, as with the previous volume, at the end of the book, the criminals are caught without much of an incident which detracts from an otherwise terrific ending
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Summary: The Hardys Search For Their Missing Friends
Review: This review concerns the revised 1962 edition. Frank and Joe are asked to investigate a series of fights occuring in Shantytown, a beach settlement on the outskirts of Bayport, but, soon become involved in a bigger mystery when a local bank is robbed and their friends, Chet Morton and Biff Hooper, disappear. This book was quite good; lots of action with an interesting plot. The beginning of the revised edition is much more exciting than that of the original; however, the second half of the original far exceeds that of the revised edition in terms of excitement and suspence. The original and the revised editions are essentially two different stories, as they are only similar in their basic plot (Frank and Joe's search for Chet and Biff); therefore, I would recommend reading them both.
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Summary: best book ever
Review: This review is of the 1962 Revised Version of "The Missing Chums". The first 38 titles in the series were revised over the course of 15 years (some with minor changes, others were completely re-written). "The Missing Chums" is the fourth Hardy Boys mystery.The brothers are asked by Police Chief Collig to investigate the fighting that has been going on in the Shantytown neighborhood in Bayport. When Frank and Joe are on their way to a party thrown by Callie Shaw, they learn of a bank robbery and chase the crooks. This gets them involved into not only the Shantytown fights, but also into investigating the bank robbery as best they can. After the party, the brothers learn that two of their friends, Chet Morton and Biff Hooper, were abducted on the way home. Another mystery! Frank and Joe frantically look for clues so they can find their friends (not to mention the other mysteries). This is another solid offering in the Hardy Boys Mystery Series. It is my understanding that the revised edition has been dramatically altered from the original, though it shares the abduction of Chet and Biff. This is not one of my favorite stories of the series, but like the rest, it is an interesting story and works several different storylines together (my favorites are the ones that can stick with one plotline for the entire book). "The Missing Chums" is recommended, like the other books in the series, for children of all ages. -Joe Sherry
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Summary: Chet and Biff have been abducted!
Review: This review is of the 1962 Revised Version of "The Missing Chums". The first 38 titles in the series were revised over the course of 15 years (some with minor changes, others were completely re-written). "The Missing Chums" is the fourth Hardy Boys mystery. The brothers are asked by Police Chief Collig to investigate the fighting that has been going on in the Shantytown neighborhood in Bayport. When Frank and Joe are on their way to a party thrown by Callie Shaw, they learn of a bank robbery and chase the crooks. This gets them involved into not only the Shantytown fights, but also into investigating the bank robbery as best they can. After the party, the brothers learn that two of their friends, Chet Morton and Biff Hooper, were abducted on the way home. Another mystery! Frank and Joe frantically look for clues so they can find their friends (not to mention the other mysteries). This is another solid offering in the Hardy Boys Mystery Series. It is my understanding that the revised edition has been dramatically altered from the original, though it shares the abduction of Chet and Biff. This is not one of my favorite stories of the series, but like the rest, it is an interesting story and works several different storylines together (my favorites are the ones that can stick with one plotline for the entire book). "The Missing Chums" is recommended, like the other books in the series, for children of all ages. -Joe Sherry
Rating:
Summary: A Great Book
Review: This was the first Hardy Boy book I ever read. I read it for a book report. Biff gets a new motorboat The Envoy and he and Chet take a trip down the bay and are expected to be gone five days. The Hardys are forced to stay at home because they have to stay with their mother because Mr. Hrdy is out cahsing dangerous villians. The Hardys start a searching party and they find the boys when all are captured.
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Summary: The Hardys Search For Their Missing Friends
Review: Written in 1928, Aunt Gertrude makes her debut in this volume. The plot is an excellent one, never quite equaled by the other volumes. The book begins in innocence and coasts through the first 10 chapters. From page 110 onward it is difficult to put it down if you are reading it for the first time. The Sleuth plays a prominent role and the mood is tense throughout the latter chapters. The revision in my mind was excellent. I truly loved both books and although the revisions lost the appeal and liesurly pace that the originals had, the revision of this book excedes the early chapters of the original. The latter chapters of the original were better than the revision. Both were excellent. Original: Rated A. Revision: Rated A
Rating:
Summary: Great Book!
Review: Written in 1928, Aunt Gertrude makes her debut in this volume. The plot is an excellent one, never quite equaled by the other volumes. The book begins in innocence and coasts through the first 10 chapters. From page 110 onward it is difficult to put it down if you are reading it for the first time. The Sleuth plays a prominent role and the mood is tense throughout the latter chapters. The revision in my mind was excellent. I truly loved both books and although the revisions lost the appeal and liesurly pace that the originals had, the revision of this book excedes the early chapters of the original. The latter chapters of the original were better than the revision. Both were excellent. Original: Rated A. Revision: Rated A
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