The Garden Plot by Franklin W. Dixon (English) Hardcover Book

Description: The Garden Plot by Franklin W. Dixon, Santy Gutierrez Detective brothers Frank and Joe investigate garden sabotage. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Detective brothers Frank and Joe weed out a vandal in the fifteenth book in the interactive Hardy Boys Clue Book series.Frank and Joe Hardy have been hard at work turning their front yard into an eco-friendly edible landscape garden thanks to a contest sponsored by the Bayport Science Center. Franks really been enjoying learning about how to make the garden thrive, while Joe likes all of the cool critters and, of course, getting to munch on all of the yummy food. When the prize vegetables being grown in some of the top competitors gardens are attacked, at first it looks like hungry pests have been having a feast. But as Frank and Joe unearth more evidence, it appears those cucumbers arent being crunched by creatures with a craving. No, the veggies are the target of a clever saboteur. The Hardys will have to figure out whos been destroying the gardens fast, before their friends chances of winning the contest are shredded like lettuce. Author Biography Franklin W. Dixon is the author of the ever-popular Hardy Boys books.Santy Gutierrez resides in the seaside city of La Coruña, Spain. He has won acclaim as the Best Spanish Young Editorial Cartoonist and Best Galician Caricaturist, among others. Excerpt from Book Chapter 1: Ready, Set, Grow! READY, SET, GROW! "Gardening is the best," eight-year-old Joe Hardy said, leaning back in his lawn chair and munching on a freshly pulled carrot. "Theres a difference between eating the garden and gardening." His older brother, Frank, looked up from weeding the zucchini patch. "Im the one doing most of the work. And if you keep eating all our veggies, there wont be anything left for the judges from the FEEL Contest to judge." The Bayport Science Center was sponsoring the Friendly Environment Edible Lawn--FEEL for short--Contest. Just about all the houses in the Hardys neighborhood had signed up to turn their front lawns into eco-friendly edible landscape gardens. "Its an edible landscape contest. What good is a yard full of plants you can eat if youre not allowed to eat the edibles? Right, Mr. Bee?" Joe asked the bumblebee collecting pollen from one of the bright red nasturtium flowers growing along the path leading to the Hardys front door. Joe plucked one of the petals and popped it into his mouth. "Who knew flowers could be so tasty?" "The bees help by pollinating the plants," Frank said. " You just eat them!" Joe shrugged. "By the way, the beans look like they could use some watering, when you get a chance." He took another bite of his carrot. "See, Im helping!" Joe pulled a leaf from a tall stalk with pom-pom-shaped purple flowers on top, but Frank started waving his hands in the air. "Dont eat the milkweed leaves! Not all parts of every plant are edible or okay to snack on raw. You should never try something unless youre totally sure." Frank sighed. "Besides, the block party where they judge the contest is just a few days away, and I want to at least get an honorable mention. Even if we dont win, there are still a lot of great prizes for the runners-up." "Our neighborhood sure has come a long way since they announced the contest a few months ago," Joe said, looking up and down their tree-lined street. "Before everyone started gardening this spring, the street was full of boring old grassy front lawns." "All that water people were using just to grow grass no one can eat is now growing lots of food," Frank said. "Edible lawns look good and theyre good for the planet." "And tasty!" Joe said. "The whole street is like one big, beautiful garden full of munchies." "Some of the yards are more beautiful than others." Joe and Frank looked up to see their schoolmate Vic hop onto the curb in front of their house. He wore a fancy leather holster with a garden spade on one hip and a pruner on the other. His knees were covered in dirt, just like Franks. "Dont rub it in, Vic," Frank grumbled, looking across the street at the gorgeous edible jungle growing on Vics front lawn. "You gotta admit, it is pretty spectacular," Joe said. "The kale plants look like little palm trees! And check out all those cucumbers. There must be a hundred of them!" He whistled at the six-foot-tall trellis next to Vics house. It was made of carefully crisscrossed bamboo poles, and cucumbers of different colors, shapes, and sizes dangled from the green-leafed vines that were climbing up it. Vic glanced across the street, admiring his garden. "Thanks, Joe. My familys always been known for our green thumbs. Your garden isnt bad either." "It could be better," Frank said with a sad glance at the spotty patch of lettuce next to him. "Everybody cant be the best at everything," Vic said, leaning on the Hardys gated fence. "My family may be gifted gardeners, but everyone knows the Hardys are Bayports best mystery solvers. Not that its any mystery whos going to win the FEEL competition." Vic looped his thumbs through the belt of his holster and grinned. "Gardening is a new hobby for me, I guess," Frank said, looking down at the stack of gardening books and seed catalogs sitting next to his bin of tools. The whole town knew about the Hardy boys first hobby--detecting. Their dad, Fenton, was a detective, so like Vics green thumb, it ran in the family. "Us gumshoes make okay gardeners, but our specialty really is cracking cases," said Joe. "Whats a gumshoe?" Vic asked. "Its an old-timey way of saying detective," Joe explained. "The rubber on sneakers used to be called gum, so gumshoe means an investigator who can sneak around and be stealthy," Frank added. There was a sudden not-at-all-stealthy rustling from the bushes behind the garden. The three boys looked up to see the leaves shaking, like something was lurking inside them. Vic bit his lip nervously. "Um, what is--" Before he could finish his question, a wild beast burst into the yard! Details ISBN1534476849 Author Santy Gutierrez Audience Age 6-9 Series Hardy Boys Clue Book Language English Year 2022 Illustrator Santy Gutierrez ISBN-10 1534476849 ISBN-13 9781534476844 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2022-04-19 Series Number 15 Pages 112 Publisher Simon & Schuster Imprint Aladdin Place of Publication New York, NY Country of Publication United States Illustrations f-c gloss lam jacket w- no sfx; b&w interior illustrations NZ Release Date 2022-04-19 US Release Date 2022-04-19 UK Release Date 2022-04-19 Alternative 9781534476837 DEWEY FIC Audience Children / Juvenile AU Release Date 2022-07-19 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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