Midnight Marauders
by Geraldine Tuck
Dan is determined to solve the Seaport secret, even if it means putting his life on the line.
This 1931 adventure highlights rum runners along Nova Scotia's South Shore. When eleven-year-old Dan Veinotte, boards the Martha-Rae, he discovers that the town peddler, Corker, is smuggling rum. He can't tell his father because he owes Corker his life. Join Dan and his friend, Becky, as they try to foil Percy Brown's illegal business. For things to change on the baseball field, they must also face the town bully.
First published in 1991, Midnight Marauders was selected as an Our Choice book by the Canadian Children's Book Centre. It is the first book in the Marauders Mystery Series. |