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Dear America : a light in the storm : the Civil War diary of Amelia Martin / by Karen Hesse.

Hesse, Karen. (Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0590567330
  • ISBN: 9780590567336
  • Physical Description: 169 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Scholastic, 1999.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Amelia Martin is a fictional character, created by the author, and her diary and its epilogue are works of fiction"--Copr. p.
Target Audience Note:
850L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.3 4 32207.
Subject:
Diaries > Juvenile fiction.
Islands > Juvenile fiction.
Lighthouses > Juvenile fiction.
Slavery > Juvenile fiction.
Delaware > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Juvenile fiction.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 2 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library JUV FIC HESSE (Text) 36015000414678 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Swansboro Branch Library JUV FIC HESSE (Text) 36015000880241 Juvenile Fiction Available -

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