Run the Blockade

by G. Clifton Wisler

Fourteen-year-old Henry Severn is ship's boy and lookout on the Banshee. This new British ship is designed to carry good through the line of Yankee ships blocking trade between the Confederate states... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688165389
• ISBN13: 9780688165383
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 10 to 14 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 9

Customer Reviews

An exciting sea story set during the Civil War.

Young Henry and his family lived in poverty, first in Ireland and then in Liverpool, after the death of his father at sea. But in spite of it being the cause of his father's death, Henry doesn't hate the sea. So when an opportunity arises for him to join the crew of the Banshee, a new British ship being sent to run the Northern blockade of the Southern coast during the Civil War, Henry jumps at the chance to earn some real money and experience the adventure of life at sea. But with the adventure comes hardship, danger, and death, and Henry must face all of the challenges of life aboard ship if he is to survive. I reccomend this novel to readers ages eleven and up who enjoy historical fiction.