Black Duck
by Janet Taylor Lisle
It is spring 1929, and Prohibition is in full swing. So when Ruben and Jeddy find... read more
- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Adventure
- Historical Fiction
- Mystery
Year Published 2006
Word Count 54,851
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 790L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 106281, 8.0 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Adventure and adventurers--Fiction
- History
- Adventure stories
- 20th century
- Newport (R.I.)
- Juvenile Fiction | Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
- Prohibition
- Prohibition--Juvenile fiction
- Gangsters--Juvenile fiction
- Friendship--Fiction
- Newport (R.I.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction
- Prohibition--Fiction
- Adventure and adventurers
- Friendship--Juvenile fiction
- Friendship
- Gangsters--Fiction
- Gangsters
- Newport (R.I.)--History--20th century--Fiction
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