Description
Sink or swim to survive. Solway’s black water...
Down by the coast, black water swirls and hides its secrets.
Dumfries, 1792. Henry may only be twelve, but he has already begun his training in the Excise, combating smuggling like his father does. But when a large smuggling schooner is stranded nearby, the stakes are high—even with reinforcements, and the newly recruited officer, a poet called Robert Burns. Musket re, obstructive locals, quicksand and cannonballs—it is a mission of survival.
As it turns out: Henry has a crucial part to play…
- A Scottish fast-paced smuggling adventure based on real events—by best-selling children’s author Barbara Henderson
- Set in Dumfries, featuring Scots, and a cameo appearance by Robert Burns
- Perfect whole-class novel to support work on Scots and/or Robert Burns and use story to bring this time period to life
Black Water
Barbara Henderson
ISBN/
978-1-911279-62-4 Paperback
978-1-911279-63-1 eBook
Publication/ 31st Oct 2019
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Kate MacNish –
Woweeeeee! I am reading this with my class remotely at the moment and they are absolutely loving it. We are only on Chapter 3 but they are so engaged. Asking lots of questions and really analysing the characters. Barbara Henderson uses so many literary techniques, so it is the perfect text to provide the class with examples of specific things I want them to include in their writing. Can’t wait to read the next chapter! Barbara weaves such an interesting story, that even from a distance, my class are sitting listening to every word and have so much to say about it in discussion! Thank you!