"December 1, 1855The sea is never still. Sometimes it roars so
load that it drowns our voices. Mama says there hasn''t been a storm
this fierce since the night I was born. She thinks it too dangerous
for me to go to the tower again. Yet what else can I do? I''m the
lightkeeper now."On the tiny lighthouse island that is her family''s
new home, Birdie faithfully keeps a journal. She writes down
everthing: the change of seasons, the rhythms of the sea, and all
that her father, the lightkeeper,
內容簡介:
From Publishers Weekly
"Inspired by stories of real 19th-century lighthouse heroines,
this atmospheric book uses a diary format to shape a portrait of a
brave and likable girl," wrote PW. "The accomplished art
underscores the immediacy of the narrative." Ages 4-9.
June
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關於作者:
Deborah Hopkinson is the author of numerous award-winning
children''s books, including Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt,
winner of the International Reading Association Award, Girl Wonder,
winner of the Great Lakes Book Award, and Apples to Oregon, a
Junior Library Guild Selection. She received the 2003 Washington
State Book Award for Under the Quilt for the Night. She lives in
Oregon. Visit her on the Web at www.deborahhopkinson.com.