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4-6Hardy Boys Adventures series.
At a hometown ceremony for a new Revolutionary War museum, Frank and Joe Hardy are on hand as a military reenactment becomes deadly and the boys become entangled in the mystery. Through stumbling luck the boys crack the case in this formulaic installment. Although the writing is pedestrian, reluctant readers and fans of the franchise may enjoy the action.