A light in the storm : the Civil War diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 /
by Karen Hesse.
- first edition.
- New York : Scholastic Inc., 1999
- 169, [5] pages : illustrations ; 20cm.
- Dear America .
- Dear America. .
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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Lighthouses--Juvenile fiction.
Delaware--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Juvenile fiction. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Juvenile fiction.