Abbie Against the Storm: The True Story of a Young Heroine and a Lighthouse by Vaughan, Marcia
Abbie Against the Storm: The True Story of a Young Heroine and a Lighthouse by Vaughan, Marcia

Abbie Against the Storm: The True Story of a Young Heroine and a Lighthouse

The dramatic true story of a young heroine who operated a lighthouse during a terrible winter storm...
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SKU: 9781582700076
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Author: Marcia Vaughan
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Language: English
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Abbie Against the Storm: The True Story of a Young Heroine and a Lighthouse by Vaughan, Marcia

Abbie Against the Storm: The True Story of a Young Heroine and a Lighthouse

$42.15
Abbie Against the Storm: The True Story of a Young Heroine and a Lighthouse by Vaughan, Marcia

Abbie Against the Storm: The True Story of a Young Heroine and a Lighthouse

$42.15
Author: Marcia Vaughan
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
The dramatic true story of a young heroine who operated a lighthouse during a terrible winter storm in her father's absence, saving countless lives out at sea.

When seventeen-year-old Abbie Burgess and her family move to Maine where her father will be caring for a lighthouse, she is immediately fascinated by the lights. Abbie becomes her father's assistant, and when he is forced to make an emergency trip to the mainland, Abbie alone knows how to keep the lighthouse tower lit. Soon after he leaves, a massive storm arises, surging over the island and flooding their house. Will Abbie be able to care for her sick mother and younger sisters and make sure that the lighthouse guides ships safely through the treacherous waters?

This fictionalized account of a young girl's triumph over a savage storm as well as her own fears, is based on an actual incident that took place in the winter of 1856. Gorgeously illustrated with powerful oil paintings, young Abbie will inspire readers to face all storms as bravely.

Author: Marcia Vaughan
Publisher: Beyond Words
Published: 12/01/1999
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 11.34h x 9.85w x 0.41d
ISBN: 9781582700076
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 41412 / Abbie Against the Storm: The True Story of a Young Heroine and a Lighthouse


Award: Bluebonnet Awards - Nominee
Award: Young Hoosier Book Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/07/2000 pg. 85
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 72 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed
Booklist 04/01/2000 pg. 1478
School Library Journal 07/01/2000 pg. 89
Ingram Advance 10/01/1999 pg. 64
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2000 pg. 72 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed

About the Author
When acclaimed author Marcia Vaughan was a young girl, she loved telling wild stories to her friends. As a graduate of Washington State University, she began her career as a librarian and was soon writing books herself. Now she is the author of over 80 books for children published in the U.S., Australia, Canada, and England. Vaughan lives in Vashon Island, Washington with her son Sam and husband Richard, who is also an author.

Artist Bill Farnsworth is an award-winning illustrator whose work has been seen on book covers, magazines, and children¿s books over the past eighteen years. He has illustrated 15 books for children. He is a graduate of Ringling School of Art and Design, and a member of the Society of Illustrators in New York. He has done painstaking research to make Abbie historically accurate. He lives in Venice, Florida with his wife Deborah and their two children Allison and Caitlin.
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