Death at Devil's Bridge

by Cynthia C. DeFelice

Book Overview

The sequel to Devil's Bridge At thirteen, Ben Daggett, a Martha's Vineyard local, takes a summer job as first mate on a charter boat and plans to spend the July Fourth weekend helping to entertain... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0064410374
• ISBN13: 9780064410373
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Harpercoll
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.1" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Death at Devil's Bridge

If you want the best mystery book ever than read Death at Devil's Bridge By Cynthia Defalice. Hi I'm Stephen and I'm 10 years old. I read many mystery books in my time but this is the best one. Now I will tell all my opinions and you will like this book I'm sure What I like about this book is how Cynthia Defalice makes you think something is going to happen but it doesn't and she makes you keep wanting to read the book. I like how in the story the author Donny [one of the characters] like the coolest guy on the Island. She also really works on the characters personality like the main character Ben Cynthia Defalice makes his personality curious and he thinks about what he's doing. I would recommend this for a person who wants an all some mystery book. And a person in fourth grade or higher. And will want to read the book. This is the best mystery book I ever read. READ THIS BOOK

Cornwall, NY Sixth Grader

I am a sixth grader; I have read the book Death at Devils Bridge by Cynthia Defelice. This book is about a boy named Ben Dagget a 12 year old boy, who is a local to Martha'sVinyard. He was looking forward to a great profitable summer working on a charter fishing boat. He expected to be spending his vacation time helping and entertaining all of the tourists. But then his summer gets weird once he found the sunken Porsche. The wealthy owner of the Porsche, Maddox, was caught up with drugs and alcohol. He was selling drugs as a tourist to a man named Ray and gave him an uneven amount of drugs. Ray did not like this and decided to kill him and let his body go in the ocean. A sixteen year old boy named Donny gets involved with Ray and distributing the drugs. Donny then starts hanging out with two thirteen year olds, Jeff and Ben, so they will deliver the drugs for him. Donny took them for rides in his car in order to make Jeff and Ben like him more. Ben and Jeff get into a situation once they find out what they are delivering. I think this book was great! The things that happened were unrealistic at times because the boys were only thirteen. This book may be inappropriate for a younger reader because of the drugs and alcohol it centered around. Its lessons are very valuable and every one can learn that smoking and selling pot, would definitely be the biggest mistake of your life. Trying to avoid getting in trouble by not telling the truth is also not the right answer. So, if you want to read a book that is an experience that teaches right from wrong, read Death at Devil's Bridge.

Death at devils Bridge

This book showed that when you try to do somthing right you can maybe mess up the whole town

Death At Devil's Bridge

Death at Devil's Bridge**** I read the book Death at Devil's Bridge by Synethia D'Felice. I would give it four out of five stars. It was a great book that always left you hanging and making you want to keep reading. It takes a while for the action to start, but once it does you'll never want to stop reading it. The book is about a boy named Ben Dagget and his best friend Jeff. They live out on an island called Martha's Vinyard. The two boys are on summer vacation and the tourists have taken over the island, like they do every year. One day Ben's summer changes when he finds a sunken Porsche at the bottom of the ocean, and it turns out that the owner of the car is missing. Ben later finds out that his role model, Donny Madison, has sunken the car. He has also stolen things from ships, and stores around the island. Ben desperately wants to be friends with him, but how far will he go to get his approval? As the book goes on Ben and Jeff start hanging out with Donny a lot. Donny tries to get them to try beer, but the just pretend to. They have to make the right choices throughout the whole book, and I would say the theme of the book would be "making the right decisions" and also peer pressure. One day Jeff and Ben were down at Devil's Bridge flying their airplane when they spot something floating in the water. It turns out that's it's the body of Cameron Maddox, the owner of the Porsche. Ben and Jeff run to the police and tell them everything that happened. The only thing is they don't want to rat on their friend Donny about the stolen stuff and the drugs he's been selling. They don't know what to do, and have to figure out things with Donny. Will Ben and Jeff make the right decision, or will they be faced with drug dealing with Donny?

A Must Read

This is one of the best books I've ever read. When Ben's best friend Jeff starts hanging out with Dopnny, who is older than the two, Ben learns that Donny is up to no good. Read this and fing out how a sunken car, a missing person, and the sale of drugs tie in to a great novel. It teaches about peer preasure and how and how not to handle it.