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    Smugglers' Island
    Smugglers' Island
    Smugglers' Island
    Audiobook4 hours

    Smugglers' Island

    Written by Avi

    Narrated by George Guidall

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    About this audiobook

    While young adults listen to this thrilling historical adventure, they'll also gain fascinating insights into the historical and political complications of Prohibition. Set in the 1930s, it is the story of an Irish-American boy who concocts a dangerous plan to bust the liquor smugglers who are terrorizing his island home.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books, Inc.
    Release dateMar 15, 2013
    ISBN9781470354138
    Smugglers' Island
    Author

    Avi

    Avi is the award-winning author of more than eighty-two books for young readers, ranging from animal fantasy to gripping historical fiction, picture books to young adult novels. Crispin: The Cross of Lead won the Newbery Medal, and The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle and Nothing but the Truth were awarded Newbery Honors. He is also the author of the popular Poppy series. Avi lives in Denver, Colorado. Visit him online at avi-writer.com.

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      It's the great depression and things are not going well on the island financially, but they're getting a boost from prohibition smuggling. One little boy doesn't see it as a benefit but rather as a problem because the smuggler's have taken control and everyone is afraid of them. He works in secret to help government agents catch the criminals, putting himself and his brother at quite a bit of risk.