# Help me identify this book series request

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**Created:** [October 14, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-book-series-request/599671 "2011-10-14T20:53:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-book-series-request/599671/1 "2011-10-14T20:53:26Z")

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I was in a used book store and I saw some of the old blue-cover Hardy Boys books. And this reminded me of a book I read back in my childhood (so around the late sixties or early seventies).

It was not the Hardy Boys. But it was basically a Hardy Boys imitation. There were two teenage brothers who solved mysteries and had adventures. Unlike the blue-themed Hardy Boys books, this book had a yellow cover. I have the impression it was a series but I only read one book. The plot involved a trip to Florida during which a hurricane struck.

Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-book-series-request/599671/2 "2011-10-14T21:10:09Z")

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My first thought was [The Three Investigators](http://www.threeinvestigatorsbooks.com/originalseries.html). But that’s one too many characters.

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**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-book-series-request/599671/3 "2011-10-14T21:12:18Z")

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[The Power Boys?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Boys) The second book (The Flying Skeleton) involved a hurricane in Florida (and a dinosaur skeleton).

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-book-series-request/599671/4 "2011-10-14T22:18:58Z")

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> [@tanstaafl](#):
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> [The Power Boys?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Boys) The second book (The Flying Skeleton) involved a hurricane in Florida (and a dinosaur skeleton).

By golly, you’re right. Can’t get more accurate than [this](http://deeky.blogspot.com/2010/03/mystery-of-flying-skeleton.html).

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-book-series-request/599671/5 "2011-10-14T22:26:43Z")

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That’s it. _The Mystery of the Flying Skeleton_ is the book I read. Thanks all.