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A light in the storm : the Civil War diary of Amelia Martin / by Karen Hesse.

Hesse, Karen. (Author).

Summary:
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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0590567330 (alk. paper)
  • Physical Description: 169 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic, 1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861"--Cover.
Citation/References Note:
School Library Journal
Booklist
Kliatt
Target Audience Note:
850L Lexile
5.6 Follett Library Resources
5-8
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 4 4 32207
Subject: Lighthouses > Fiction.
Islands > Fiction.
Slavery > Fiction.
Diaries > Fiction.
Lighthouses > Fiction.
Islands > Fiction.
Slavery > Fiction.
Diaries > Fiction.
Delaware > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Juvenile fiction.
Delaware > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Fiction.
Delaware > History > Fiction.
United States > History > 1861-1865, Civil War > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 83 of 86 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 86 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library JUV SER DEA (Text) 37268000670265 AHMFL Juvenile Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library JF DEA (Text) 33240003682609 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library JF Hes (Text) 00095939 YOUTH Juvenile Fiction Available -
Boyertown Community Library J DEA (Text) 33249023345295 Children's Fiction Available -
Brandywine Community Library J DEA (Text) 33249012097394 Children's Fiction Available -
Cambria County Library jF Hes (Text) 85131000493560 CACM Juvenile Series Chapter Books Available -
Cambria County Library jF Hes (Text) 85131000618398 CACM Juvenile Series Chapter Books Available -
Carrolltown Public Library JUV Hes (Text) 31814230500925 CARM Juvenile Fiction Available -
Conemaugh Township Branch J F HESS (Text) 35907000503958 SOCC Juv Fiction Available -
Coudersport Public Library J HES (Text) 30183000302529 Juvenile Fiction Available -


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