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Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In late nineteenth-century California, when Chinese immigrants are being driven out or even killed for fear they will take jobs from whites, fifteen-year-old Eliza Jane McCully defies the townspeople and her lighthouse-keeper father to help a Chinese boy who has been kind to her.
Author
Series
Wishbone mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Gareth Stevens
Pub. Date
1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When they help restore the Skeleton Reef Lighthouse for the Oakland Historical Society, Joe and Wishbone discover that the lighthouse holds the key to incredible treasure and to some dark and dangerous secrets.
Author
Series
Girls of Lighthouse Lane volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
In 1905, while pursuing her dreams of becoming an artist, the twelve-year-old daughter of the Cape Light lighthouse keeper learns the value of family, home, and friendship.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Espan̋ol, [2017]
Pub. Date
2017
Language
Español
Description
When her late father's diaries are discovered after a tragic accident, Elizabeth, whose eyesight has failed, explores the diaries and the mysteries of her past with the help of Morgan, a delinquent teenager performing community service at Elizabeth's retirement home.
15) Fearless
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
In late seventeenth-century England, eleven-year-old Digory, forced to leave his hometown after his father is lost at sea, becomes an apprentice to the architect Henry Winstanley, who built a lighthouse on the treacherous Eddystone Reef -- the very rocks that sank Digory's grandfather's ship years before.
16) Shifting sands
Author
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The summer tourist season is in full swing, and Priscilla Latham Grant is enjoying the visitors to the family history museum, housed in the lighthouse she inherited from her aunt Marjorie. But when one visitor comes bearing a deed he claims gives him rights to the land upon which the lighthouse sits, Priscilla is compelled to learn more. She's further dismayed when the man claims her family not only stole the land, but also ruined his great-great-grandfather's...
18) Storm tide
Author
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"When a huge November storm topples a tree on Joan's property and unearths a skeleton wearing a ring last seen on socialite Bitsy Parker ninety years ago, Priscilla is thrown into another mystery. But while Priscilla is trying to prove these are Bitsy's remains, others on the island want to uncover the story too-- including Priscilla's nemesis, Professor Franklin Mayweather, who hopes to write a best-seller and revive his career. Will Priscilla be...
19) Lifeline
Author
Publisher
Guideposts
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Excitement abounds on Martha's Vineyard in the final countdown to the wedding of Priscilla's daughter, Rachel, and her husband-to-be, A.J. In addition to taking care of last-minute wedding details -- complicated by interference from Merilee, A.J.'s sister -- Priscilla becomes involved in a local wild-food chef apprentice challenge. Gerald's troubled young cousin is competing for a big cash price and a plum job. But someone is undermining the candidates,...
Author
Publisher
Cuento de Luz
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Español
Description
"¿Cómo es un faro de las almas? Un faro de las almas es la luz que guiará a Leo y a su abuelo a través de los mares más lejanos para encontrarse con aquellos que esperan, cada noche, una palabra de cariño para irse a dormir con una sonrisa en los labios. El faro de las almas es una tierna historia que nos habla no solo de la relación entre los abuelos y los nietos, sino sobre todo entre personas desconocidas que siempre buscan algo en común:...
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