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Hell & High Water

by Tanya Landman

Ages: 12+

Published: 2017

Publisher: Candlewick Studio/Candlewick Press

ISBN: 978-0-7636-8875-2

Keywords: Mystery, England - History, Poverty, Family, Blacks in England

In England in 1752, Caleb, determined to uncover the truth about his father's mysterious death, exposes a local land baron's criminal plot.