Water rat
By: Marnie Laird ; illustrations by Andrea Shine.
Contributors: Shine, Andrea, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Winslow Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: [Delray Beach, Fla.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
Subjects: Orphans -- Fiction.; Pirates -- Fiction.; People with disabilities -- Fiction.; Heroes -- Fiction.; Adventure and adventurers -- Fiction.; Delaware Bay (Del. and N.J.) -- History -- Colonial period, 1600-1775 -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: 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.
Notes: Novel.