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The Hydrofoil Mystery
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| Author |
Eric Walters |
| Country |
Canada |
| Language |
English |
| Genre |
Young adult novel |
| Publisher |
Viking Press |
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Publication date
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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. 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.
This book is often chosen by teachers in Ontario, Canada as part of the ESL, Level C curriculum. 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.
