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Water Rat

Marnie Laird

1998185 pagesabout 3–4 hours
1998
first published
  • 1998Winslow Press · 185 pages · ENGISBN 9781890817084
  • 2001Tandem Library · ENGISBN 9781417623815
  • 2001Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco MediaISBN 9780606215114
  • 2001Winslow Press · 186 pages · ENGISBN 9781588370020

In 1748 fourteen-year-old Matt, orphaned, crippled, teased by other boys and abused by the man he works for, seeks refuge with a surgeon's family and finds that he is well-equipped to help protect them from pirates on Delaware Bay.

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