Black Duck
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,...
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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.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780142409022 (0142409022)
Publish date: September 6th 2007
Publisher: Puffin
Pages no: 256
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Teen,
Academic,
School,
Realistic Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
Mystery,
Crime
by Janet Taylor LisleOpening line: “A rumrunner had lived in town, one of the notorious outlaws who smuggled liquor during the days of Prohibition, that was the rumor.”David wants to be come a reporter and so he decides to look into the story. Over time he forms a connection with Ruben Hart, who tel...
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