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Black Duck
Contributor(s): Lisle, Janet Taylor (Author)
ISBN: 0142409022     ISBN-13: 9780142409022
Publisher: Puffin Books
OUR PRICE:   $9.89  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2007
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Annotation: When Ruben and Jed find a dead body on the Rhode Island shore, they are certain it has something to do with smuggling liquor. Suddenly, the boys find themselves caught in a war between two Prohibition gangs.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
- Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Fiction | Law & Crime
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Measure: 790
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.08" W x 7.07" (0.40 lbs) 256 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1920's
- Cultural Region - New England
- Geographic Orientation - Rhode Island
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 106281
Reading Level: 4.8   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 8.0
 
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Publisher Description:
It is spring 1929, and Prohibition is in full swing. So when Ruben and Jeddy find a dead body washed up on the shore of their small coastal Rhode Island town, they are sure it has something to do with smuggling liquor. Soon the boys, along with Jeddy's strongwilled sister, Marina, are drawn in, suspected by rival bootlegging gangs of taking something crucial off the dead man. Then Ruben meets the daring captain of the Black Duck, the most elusive smuggling craft of them all, and it isn't long before he's caught in a war between two of the most dangerous prohibition gangs.

Riveting mystery and nonstop adventure. --School Library Journal