Black Duck Paperback – September 6, 2007

I bought "Black Duck" based on the book's description and also based on all the great reviews it has received thus far. I loved the book the entire way through. "Black Duck" is geared for kids ages 9-12 according to the description with the main characters being teenage boys.I enjoyed how the author intermixes the past with the present in "Black Duck" by making some chapters in the present day and other chapters in the past. Janet Taylor Lisle is able to bring to life what rum-running during the prohibition may have been like on the New England coast in 1929 by using a cast of fictional characters and how prohibition may have effected a community. The story is told through the eyes of Ruben Hart, who was a teenager during 1929.Currently Ruben Hart is an elderly man. He is approached by a young boy named, David Peterson, whom wants to be a journalist when he grows up. Young David has his sights on writing a story about the the rum-running days and this is where he crosses paths with Ruben Hart. David is set on interviewing Mr. Hart about the rum-running days as he has heard that Mr. Hart knows something about those days. The interview happens over the summer vacation and David learns/hears quite a story from Mr. Hart & quite a tale it is. The two become friends by the end of the novel."Black Duck" is a good story with well developed characters!! The story is intriguing and keeps you wanting to know more about what will happen next!!

I love this book and there is not smell and no stickiness and feels amazing the paper is so good to feel

Purchased this book for my teen grandson and then decieded to read it when he was done. Learned a lot about 1929's and rum running which is the main part of the book. The Black Duck is a rum running boat. Worth the read.

Good book. My 14 year old granddaughter read the book in her school. She said that I would like it.

I bought this for my fifth grade daughter. She is an avid reader and had a teacher recommend it. I agree it is a good book in many ways, but the content is somewhat dark and somewhat violent. It does portray the time in history correctly, but if you have a sensistive reader this might not be for him/her. I would recommended for teenagers, but for preteens it is a little ify.

I've read other books by Janet Taylor Lisle, and they were good, but this one is really well - written and hard to put down. I'm not even done yet and I'm recommending it highly!

My son loves this book. He had me buy this copy for a friend, because he didn't want to lend his copy (in case it didn't come back).

It was a book my boys had to read for school and I read it also and enjoyed the book