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Smugglers' Island

by Avi · 1994

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A thrilling mystery-detective story by a two-time Newbery Honor Book Award winner. Twelve-year-old Shadrach is enraged. Bootleggers have virtually taken over his island home, using it as a base for their illegal operations. Shadrach vows to gather all the information he can to bust the criminals. He succeeds, but then chooses the wrong man to tell.

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childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 178 pages

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