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Frank and Joe Hardy suspect their friend Chet Morton of a summer‑school swindle and decide to help him retrieve his money. While probing a baffling burglary at the Seneca Indian Reservation in New York State, they investigate the nearby Zoar College. Clues point to a connection between the college’s swindle and the theft of the Senecas’ gold tribal relic, the Spoon Mouth. The discovery throws the teenage sleuths into a series of perplexing and dangerous situations involving strange‑acting college professors, a valuable coin collection, and a taciturn Indian who refuses to discuss the mysteries surrounding Spoon Mouth. The fast‑paced story ends with several surprise twists that will thrill Hardy Boys fans.
First publish date: 1944
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Franklin W. Dixon
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