Black Duck

Contributor(s): Lisle, Janet Taylor (Author)

ISBN: 9780142409022

Publisher: Puffin Books

Binding Types:

Paperback

$10.99

Digicover (1-4 copies)

$23.94 (Final Price)

Readerbound (5-99 copies)

$22.74 (100+ copies: $21.99)

List/retail price:

$10.99

Pub Date: September 6, 2007

Dewey: FIC

Lexile Code: 0790

Features: Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product

Target Age Group: 10 to UP

Physical Info: 0.70" H x 7.07" L x 5.08" W ( 0.40 lbs) 256 pages

BISAC Categories:

Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries and Detective Stories | Historical | United States 20th Century | Law and Crime

Accelerated Reader® Info

Quiz #:0000106281 ( Black Duck)

Reading level: 4.80

Interest level: MG

Point value: 8.0

Descriptions, Reviews, etc.

Description: 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.

Review Quotes: Lots of adventure and mystery. (VOYA)

Riveting mystery and nonstop adventure. (School Library Journal)

The setting's cinematic detail brings the exhilarating action close, and readers will easily see themselves in young Ruben. (Booklist)

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