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A Light in the Storm : the diary of Amelia Martin / Karen Hesse
In 1860 and 1861, while working in her father's lighthouse on an island off the coast of Delaware, fifteen-year-old Amelia records in her diary how the Civil War is beginning to devastate her divided state.
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- ISBN: 9780545265546
- ISBN: 0545265541
- ISBN: 9780545242455
- Physical Description: 200 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20cm.
- Publisher: New York : Scholastic, [1999]
- Copyright: ©1999
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| General Note: | "This edition first printing, March 2011." - t.p. verso. |
| Target Audience Note: | 850 Lexile. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linton PL - Linton | J DEA (Text) | 30149000803931 | Fiction Juvenile | Available | - |
| Peabody PL - Columbia City | J DEAR AMERICA (Text) | 30403001853522 | Childrens - Fiction | Available | - |
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In 1860 and 1861, while working in her father's lighthouse on an island off the coast of Delaware, fifteen-year-old Amelia records in her diary how the Civil War is beginning to devastate her divided state. - ScholasticNewbery Medal winner Karen Hesse's Civil War diary A LIGHT IN THE STORM is now back in print with a beautiful new cover!
In 1861, Amelia Martin's father is stripped of his post as a ship's captain when he is caught harboring the leader of a slave rebellion. Now he is an assistant lighthouse keeper on Fenwick Island, off the coast of Delaware -- a state wedged between the North and the South, just as Amelia is wedged between her warring parents. Amelia's mother blames her abolitionist husband for their living conditions, which she claims are taking a toll on her health. Amelia observes her mother's hate and her father's admiration for Abraham Lincoln.
But slavery is the deeper issue separating the two sides. As the Civil War rages on, Amelia slowly learns that she cannot stop the fighting, but by keeping watch in the lighthouse each day, lighting the lamps, cleaning the glass, and rescuing victims of Atlantic storms, she can still make a difference.
