Black Duck Contributor(s): Lisle, Janet Taylor (Author) |
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ISBN: 0142409022 ISBN-13: 9780142409022 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $9.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2007 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 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
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 |