Completed chapters are marked in this color.

Assigned chapters are marked in this color.

52 of 53 (98%) sections assigned

34 of 53 (64%) sections completed

This project has a dedicated proof-listener who will listen to all sections: ej400

SectionTitleReaderNotesListen UrlStatus
1 A Five Dollar Bill  redrun 10:17 Listen PL OK
2 Counterfeit Money  redrun 11:04 Listen PL OK
3 The Hardy Boys at School  redrun 8:45 Listen PL OK
4 Another Victim  redrun 10:09 Listen PL OK
5 Curing the Joker  redrun 11:57 Listen PL OK
6 The Old Mill  redrun 9:00 Listen PL OK
7 In the Mill Race  redrun 7:59 Listen PL OK
12 Seasick  redrun Assigned
13 Paul Blum  redrun Assigned
14 Con Riley Guards a Package  redrun Assigned
15 The Chase  redrun Assigned
16 A Plan of Action  redrun Assigned
17 What Lester Said  redrun Assigned
18 Suspicions  redrun Assigned
19 The Rug Buyer  redrun Assigned
20 A Note of Warning  redrun Assigned
21 At the Mill  redrun Assigned
22 Through the Roof  redrun Assigned
23 The Alarm  redrun Assigned
24 Trapped  redrun Assigned
25 The Reckoning  redrun Assigned
26   Completed roles Assigned
27 Joe Hardy  Priamedes Forum links for readings: 1-6, 7-9, 10-14, 15-16, 17-21, 22-25 PL OK
28 Chet Morton  ShellyW 58 lines - The mischievous friend of the Hardy Boys is no longer exempting them from his pranks or his teasing.
Text for chapters 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 15, 20 and 25
Reading links: 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 15, 20, 25
PL OK
29 Tony Prito  LuMiness 39 lines - One of the Hardy boys’ chums, an Italian still fairly new to the US. No accent actually required.
Text for chapters 3, 6, 7, 10 and 15
All readings (forum link)
PL OK
30 Jerry Gilroy  jennlea 30 lines - One of the Hardy boys’ chums. Jerry seems particularly enthusiastic for baseball, and takes the brunt of Chet's practical jokes.
Text for chapters 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 15
Readings for all (forum link)
PL OK
31 Secret Service Agent  DullBoi 5 lines - Tasked with protecting both the US President and the US Dollar.
Text for chapters 24 and 25
Chapters (forum post)
PL OK
32 Phil Cohen  DullBoi 13 lines - One of the Hardy boys' chums. Phil, in this book, seems particularly adventurous and most willing to join in the investigations.
Text for chapters 3, 5, 6, 7 and 15
Chapters (forum post)
PL OK
33 Paul Blum  Jazbees 61 lines - A mysterious stranger with places to go!
Text for chapters 11, 12, 13 and 15
Readings for all (forum link)
PL OK
34 Detective Oscar Smuff  Doug42 2 lines - Chief Collig's faithful satellite
Chapter 19 text
Reading for Chapter 19
PL OK
35 Stranger  Doug42 5 lines - A tall and well-dressed man, who seems in a hurry.
Chapter 1 text
Reading for Chapter 1
PL OK
36 Allen "Biff" Hooper  Doug42 6 lines - Sometimes enough is enough. Biff thinks Chet has done too much pranking lately.
Text for chapters 3, 5, 6 and 15
Readings for all (forum link)
PL OK
37 State Trooper  Doug42 3 lines - Ready to round up the criminals.
Chapter 24 text
Reading for Chapter 24
PL OK
38 Cashier  HelenColeAuthor 6 lines - Described as an elderly man with spectacles, he's quite able to spot a bad bill.
Text for chapters 1 and 25
Readings: 1, 25
PL OK
39 Lester  ej400 50 lines - A boy of about fifteen, who seems especially nervous.
Text for chapters 7, 8, 9, 17 and 25
Readings for all (forum link)
PL OK
40 Detective Fenton Hardy  GregGiordano The famous detective himself.
Texts for chapters 2, 4, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 24 and 25
Readings for 2-10 (forum link), 13-25 (forum link), correction for chapter 20
PL OK
41 Mrs. Laura Hardy  Ginger47 41 lines - Mrs. Hardy has a bit more to do in this book. She would very much like to keep her sons out of trouble, though.
Text for chapters 4, 18, 19 and 20
Readings for all chapters (forum link)
PL OK
42 Mr. MacBane  JHedrick 2 lines - A cantankerous janitor who lapses into a broad Scotch accent (authenticity not required).
Reading of chapter 5
PL OK
43 Frank Hardy  flavo5000 Frank is in all 25 chapters.
Readings for chapters 1-15 (forum link), 16-25 (forum link)
PL OK
44 Markel  iamshawn 49 lines - Seems to be the youngest adult mysteriously working at the mill.
Text for chapters 8, 9, 21, 23 and 24
Readings for all chapters (forum link)
PL OK
45 Uncle Dock  silverquill This man is DEFINITELY not your kindly old uncle.
Text for chapters 7, 8, 9, 17, 23 and 24
Readings for all chapters (forum link)
PL OK
46 Constable Con Riley  elsieselwyn 2 lines - A bumbling policeman who the boys make sport of.
Readings for chapters 13, 14
PL OK
47 Callie Shaw  LCaulkins 16 lines - We learn a bit more about Callie's family situation, when her cousin is defrauded with a counterfeit bill. A bonus line of her as a friendly person in the Bayport streets.
Readings for chapters 4 and 14
PL OK
48 Kurt  ToddHW 35 lines - A graying man in his 50’s, sometimes described as speaking in a guttural voice.
Text for chapters 7, 8, 9, 21 and 23
Chapter readings (forum link)
PL OK
49 Conductor  AgnesRobert 3 lines - Train conductor, noted "wit" and general commentator about town.
Readings for 14, 16 and 18
PL OK
50 Chief Collig  JHedrick 14 lines - The bumbling Bayport police chief.
Readings for chapters 13 and 19
PL OK
51 Carl Stummer  JHedrick 28 lines - A lanky, shambling old farmer with drooping shoulders, a drooping mustache and a drooping pipe.
Readings for chapters 6 and 14
PL OK
52 Cat  mleigh 1 line - "Meow"
Reading for 24
PL OK
53 Mr. Moss  Jazbees Claimed 10/08
16 lines - A genial store owner. Laughs at his own jokes.
Readings for 1, 2
PL OK