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When a dedicated naturalist who champions the Big Thicket’s unique wildlife becomes the target of lethal attacks, the Hardy brothers must navigate Texas’s rugged terrain and uncover a conspiracy rooted in timber and oil industry interests. Using their sleuthing skills and knowledge of the local ecosystem, they investigate the motives behind the threats, which pose a danger not only to the naturalist’s life but to the entire region’s ecological balance. In a tense and engaging mystery, the Hardy Boys expose a plot that threatens to strip the Big Thicket of its natural heritage.
First publish date: 1985
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Franklin W. Dixon
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