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The Sign of the Crooked Arrow

by Franklin W. Dixon · 1949

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With only the slender clue of an arrow-shaped tie clasp, Frank and Joe Hardy pick up the trail of a cunning gang of thieves responsible for a wave of jewelry-store holdups.

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mysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of thisdetectivedetectiveMore like thisLess of thiscrimecrimeMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1940s1940sMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 160 pages

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