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Informationen zum Autor Anna Egan Smucker is the author of eight award-winning books. NO STAR NIGHTS (Knopf) won the International Reading Association's Children's Book Award. Her newest book, FALLINGWATER, co-authored with WV Poet Laureate Marc Harshman, was published to critical acclaim by Roaring Brook/Macmillan. Recipient of a WV Arts Commission Artist Fellowship Award, Anna's poems have been published in several anthologies and journals. www.annasmucker.com. Klappentext Set on South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan during the fall of 1871, To Keep the South Manitou Light tells the fictional tale of a twelve-year-old girl named Jessie, whose family has been taking care of the lighthouse on the island for generations. Jessie's mother has kept the light by herself since Jessie's grandfather died of a heart attack ten days before the story begins. Afraid her family will lose the lighthouse, Jessie decides not to mail her mother's letter informing the Lighthouse Service of her grandfather's death and instead puts it in one of her mother's canning jars and tosses it into the lake. Later, as a fierce November ice storm hits the island, the repercussions of this action will not only teach Jessie about honor and responsibility but will also give her hard-earned insight into what it means to be brave. Written for children between the ages of 8 and 12, To Keep the South Manitou Light provides regional history along with everyday lessons, all while engrossing young readers in an exciting story. Zusammenfassung Set on South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan during the fall of 1871! this title tells the fictional tale of a twelve-year-old girl named Jessie! whose family has been taking care of the lighthouse on the island for generations.
