A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861
Author: Karen Hesse
This engaging addition to the successful Dear America series follows the adventures of Amelia Martin, a lighthouse keeper’s daughter living on an island off the coast of Delaware in 1861. Amelia helps her father keep the light and her mother keep the house, but she cannot keep their marriage together. Newbery Medal recipient Karen Hesse (Out of the Dust) cleverly personifi….Read More
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