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| Author | Eric Walters |
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| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Young adult novel |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | 1999 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 224 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0-670-88186-4 |
| OCLC | 39868657 |
The Hydrofoil Mystery was written in 1999 by Canadian author Eric Walters.[1] It is about a teenage boy named Billy McCracken, whose mother arranges for him to go away for the summer to work with none other than the well-known inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell. Billy expects his summer to be boring, but with the German U-boats endangering the maritime coast, his work with Bell's hydrofoil becomes an adventure.
The book is set during the first World War and although it is a work of fiction, it serves as a launching pad for discussions about Canada's involvement in the war and the contributions of Canada's leading scientist, Alexander Graham Bell.
References
- ↑ "The Hydrofoil Mystery". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
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