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A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861
Children's fiction
A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861
169 pages · First published 1999
Amelia Martin lives with her family at a Delaware lighthouse in 1861 as the Civil War begins dividing the country. Her diary records the practical work of tending the light while news of battles, slavery, and divided loyalties reaches even their isolated coastal home. The war complicates relationships because Delaware is a slave state that remains in the Union. Karen Hesse’s Dear America novel uses the lighthouse setting to give a young girl an unusual vantage point on the opening of the Civil War, combining family life with moral and political uncertainty.
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Slavery and exploitation · Wartime/battle violence and peril
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