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In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off the coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must keep the lights burning by herself.
First publish date: 1985
Subjects: Biography, Juvenile literature, Parent and child, Father and child, Lighthouse keepers
Authors: Peter Roop
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