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A light in the storm the Civil War diary of Amelia Martin, 1861

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.

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Main Author:	Hesse, Karen
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Scholastic, 1999.
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Dear America
Subjects:	Lighthouses > Young adult fiction. Islands > Young adult fiction. Slavery > Young adult fiction. Diaries > Young adult fiction. Delaware > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Young adult fiction. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Young adult fiction.
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Summary:	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.
Item Description:	"Amelia Martin is a fictional character, created by the author, and her diary and its epilogue are works of fiction"--Copr. p.
Physical Description:	169 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
ISBN:	0590567330 (alk. paper)
Author Notes:	Karen Hesse (born on August 29, 1952 Baltimore, Maryland) is an American author of children's literature and literature for young adults. She studied theatre at Towson State College, and finished her undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland in English, Psychology, and Anthropology. In 1998 she won the Newbery Medal for her young adult novel, Out of the Dust. Hesse lives in Vermont with her husband and two teen-aged daughters. (Bowker Author Biography)