Black duck /

Lisle, Janet Taylor.

Black duck / Janet Taylor Lisle. - Sleuth ed. - New York : Sleuth/Puffin, 2007, c2006. - 252 p. ; 18 cm.

Wilson's Junior High School, August 2007 School Library Journal starred, May 2006 Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2007 Horn Book Starred, October 2006 Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books starre, June 2006 Pub Weekly, May 2006 Booklist, May 2006 Horn Book, October 2006 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), June 2006 Teacher Librarian, June 2007

Years afterwards, Ruben Hart tells the story of how, in 1929 Newport, Rhode Island, his family and his best friend's family were caught up in the violent competition among groups trying to control the local rum-smuggling trade.

5.0 5-8 Follett Library Resources



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Prohibition--Fiction.
Friendship--Fiction.
Adventure fiction.
Gangs--Fiction.


Newport (R.I.)--History--Fiction.

PZ7.L6912 / Bla 2007

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