author: Franklin W Dixondate published: 1940genre: mystery This story all started with the Hardy boys driving in a car venturing into the dark. In that ride they ended up finding one of the people on one of their dads files (their dad is a detective and they are detectives also. They ended up losing him so the climax was basically just trying to find him in which they did sometimes but they just couldn't get a hold of him. The setting of this story was in a small town in the old days. They never get a hold of him until the end when they have to go through tunnels and survive traps. The theme of this story was to never give up on what you are doing. this is the theme because the Hardy boys were knocked unconscious a few times and pulled through in still wanting the criminal. They never gave up when they were sent letters that they should go away from this case or else. They have a history of successful cases and they know how to eventually find the criminal in the end and get all of the glory. I really enjoyed reading this book because I am a lover of Crime and finding clues. I think audiences with a liking of crime, investigation, a little bit of brutal scenes, and a lot of nail biting scenes where the case in the mystery can go either way. This book is a lot like the others I have read. I have read a lot of books from this author and he has never failed in writing a good mystery. He knows how to make you get on the edge of your seat and skip ahead to see what is going to happen but he gives specific details so you don't want to miss a thing either. pg 103- " Maybe that's what Jack Wayne's message meant!". This quote gave me more interest in the story because I was assuming the same thing that the Hardy boys were when they said that. This also shows that the writing style was really mainly to keep the reader interested in what will happen next and what the detectives will do to solve the rest of this baffling case. It also gave me the sense that they were on to something and that their hopes were getting higher on finding the criminal. I am related to the two young detectives in this story a lot. We are related becuase we both make the same predictions on what to do next and what will happen next in the case. We also both never really have our minds set on one person to think is the guy. We are both open minded and talented case solvers. This book affected me by always making me rethink and know that there must be a solution. It has promoted me to never give up on what I am doing even if I am just doing a math problem for all I care. the main part of this story that I enjoyed was when the Hardy's took the enemy by surprise at the end and the enemy did not even see them coming. I just love it when the bad guys think they are unstoppable and suddenly the tables turn and they have no way out.
I loved the book Disappearing Floor. The book reminded me of the Nacy Drew books. I made a prediction that the Strang was in that car when they were chasing after him. I wonder why the glowing ghost wanted the gems and the papers. My favorite character is Joe because he is smart,brave,funny,and cute. I will reccomend this book to other students because it was funny,made you want to keep reading, and for people who like mysteries. I was confused when they where adding in a whole bunch more characters, doing something bad I just did not know who was doing what. I think the author wrote this book because he wanted to intertain kids,make a funny book,make a great book. One of the problems in the book was trying to get Joe being pulled under the lake and a frog looking figure, and he could not swim back up so his brother had to jump in and save Joe,luckly he was able to be pulled back up. After reading the book I felt happy, and wished there was more to the book though. A part in the book disappointed me was when when Joe fell unconsuious from some kind of gun that knocks you out. I was really supprised when when the Hardy's boat started to sink. When I was reading the book I felt excited and did not really want to stop reading.The part that I really pictured in my head was when the saw the glowing ghost glowing in the woods and they tried to get the glowing ghost but they just missed him.I liked the ending because it ended exciting, but they put a part of the next book and, made me want to read the next book.I liked the way the author wrote because she made to where I can understand what is going on,intersating, and funny. The theme of the stry is mystery. Hope you read it and enjoy it like I did.
