Eben Tyne, Powdermonkey

by Patricia Beatty

Book Overview

A thirteen-year-old powdermonkey in the Confederate navy joins the crew of the ironclad Merrimack in a mission to break the Union blockade of Norfolk harbor. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688088848
• ISBN13: 9780688088842
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Morrow Junior Books
• Length: 227 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Brian's book review

"Swimming hard, the need for haste giving him surprising strength, Eben Tyne pushed the raft in front of him and made for the shore. How badly had his father been hurt? What of the other two?" -Eben Tyne, Powdermonkey In Patrica Beatty's and Phillip Robbins' Eben Tyne, Powdermonkey, Eben, a thirteen-year-old boy, joins the Lucy during the Civil War to set torpedoes in the bay. The Lucy, a Confederate ship, fights against a Union ship, the Shriek. The Shriek sinks the Lucy. Before it goes completely under, Eben builds a crude raft with loose planks on the ship. Eben saves the unconscious crew by rowing them to shore. The Shriek also sinks when it hits a torpedo and blows up. Some men on shore see what Eben does and ask him to work on the Confederate ironclad ship, the Merrimack. I think most boys, ages 10-15, would like this book. There are lots of bloody battles and some explosives. There are some parts where the language might be inappropriate for younger kids.