Black Duck is set both in the present and 1929. David has just finished 8th grade. There is a long-standing rumor around town that a rumrunner from the prohibition years of the 1920s was from his town. David thinks he's found the man, so he asks to interview him. The book surrounds the discussions between David and Ruben, the alleged liquor smuggler. Part of the time you experience the story through the eyes of Ruben back in the 1920s. The other part is set in the present. The book starts slowly, but picks up with plenty of adventure part way through.
Genre: historical fiction, mystery, adventure
Topics: prohibition; smuggling; dirty cops; gangsters; Newport, Rhode Island, misunderstandings, growing up
Note: contains occasional harsh language
Mrs. Beckwith's rating: 4 of 5
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