A light in the storm : the Civil War diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 / by Karen Hesse.
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TextSeries: Dear America | Dear AmericaPublication details: New York : Scholastic Inc., 1999Edition: first editionDescription: 169, [5] pages : illustrations ; 20cmISBN: - 0590567330
- 9780590567336
- [Fic] 21
- PZ 7 .H436 1999 .H436 1999
Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861"--Cover.
Fictional diary of a young girl at Valley Forge during the winter encampment of 1777-1778.
Includes historical note and "Epilogue: Life After the Diary."
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.
Intended for young readers.
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