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| Title |
Abbie Against the Storm
The True Story of a Young Heroine and a Lighthouse |
| Author |
Marcia Vaughan
Illustrated by Bill Farnsworth |
| ISBN |
1-58270-007-9 |
| Price |
$15.95 |
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| Book details |
hardcover, 32 pp, 9.5 x 11 inches,
237.5 x 300 mm, full color, ages 6 and up |
| Categories |
chidren's picture
history |
| Description |
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 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. |
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Professional
storyteller Marcia Vaughan is the author of eighty-one books
for children, published in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand,
Canada, and the UK. Her books include The Dancing Dragon,
Wombat Stew, and Snap! Her love for writing and
storytelling began at the age of four, when she would sit on
the back porch and tell her friends wild stories. She lives
with her son and husband in a cabin on Vashon Island, WA.
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. A graduate of Ringling School of Art and Design,
and a member of the Scoiety of Illustrators in New York. The
power and realistic drama of Farnsworth's illustrations is
due in part to the fact that he draws from real-life models
dressed in the costumes of the historical period. He lives
in Venice, Florida with his wife Deborah and their two children
Allison and Caitlin. |
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