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Summary: A Light in the Storm
Review: This book is one of the best dear america books that i have read. It's a excellent book that is well written. Amelia is a girl growing up during the Civil War. She is dealing with the lose of a friend and the fueding parents. Will she make it through this horrible time? If you read you can find out. This book puts you in the character it makes you feel like you are in her position like you are her. I guarntee you will like this book but dont read it if you dont like historical books because this is what it was like in Delaware during the war.
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Summary: A little too weird (and sad) for me
Review: When I bought this book with my Hanukah money, I was (and still am) a huge Dear America fan. When I actually read the book, I was somewhat disappointed.
It seems that throughout the book, Amelia (the main character) is alone most of the time at the top of the lighthouse. I don't see how the lighthouse ties in to the story, other than it lights the way for ships that may be carrying runaway slaves. I prefer happier books, like, in the Dear America series, I Thought My Soul WOuld Rise and Fly.
The book is about a girl named Amelia MArtin, who works alongside her father as keeper of the Lighthouse of Fenwick ISland, Delaware in 1861. HEr mother and father are constantly fighting--her father wants the slaves down south to be free, but her mother doesn't. When Amelia's mother moves back to the mainland, away from her father, Amelia feels that her world is falling apart--especially with her friend Daniel going off to join the war. But with the arrival of a new Keeper, Robert Hale, Amelia feels that everything might be all right.All in all, if you like happy stories, this book may not be for you. It gives you a feeling of being alone. Not a happy thought. But it wasn't really a bad book. Just time-consuming and not very happy.
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