Webster Brown Bag Awards

Saturday, October 14, 2006

Black Duck by Janet Taylor Lisle

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.
(Cover by Tony Sahara)

5 Comments:

  • At 9:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I really liked this book. I learned some interesting things about the time of Prohibition and the moral issues the main characters faced were very real and difficult. A good discussion book!

     
  • At 3:27 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    It was stupid.

     
  • At 7:30 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    I thought this book was a very interesting read. You learned a lot about the rum smuggling while reading. This book was also written in a cool way. I found it difficult to put the book down!

    ~Josee

     
  • At 2:36 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    A very good book. It gives you a lot of interesting fact and info in the past.

    5 stars out of 5

    ~Tori

     
  • At 3:13 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    This book was awesome!! I liked it a lot. It was very interesting to read. Definetely five stars!

     

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