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Black Duck
By Lisle, Janet Taylor
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-39923-963-2
- Publisher
- Sleuth Philomel
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2006
Gr 7-10 A teen -s determination to be published in the local paper leads him to Ruben Hart -s front door and an unlikely friendship. The elderly man has a mysterious past, and David soon becomes wrapped up in his tale of how he played an integral part in the adventures surrounding the legendary rum-running ship called the "Black Duck". In 1929, in Newport, RI, Ruben and his friend Jeddy, 14, found a body on the beach. By the time they convinced the autho...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on July 1, 2006
Intrigued by rumors about local Prohibition-era rumrunners and their boat, the Black Duck, young David tracks down an old man who had been part of it all. As Ruben Hart recalls those dangerous days, Lisle moves the narrative back to 1929 coastal Rhode Island. Fourteen-year-old Ruben and his friend Jeddy, the police chief's son, are drawn into the criminal events when, while beachcombing, they discover a body, which then mysteriously disappears. Ru...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
