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Book Synopsis Abbie Against the Storm by : Marcia Vaughan
Download or read book Abbie Against the Storm written by Marcia Vaughan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic true story of a young heroine who operated a lighthouse during a terrible winter storm in her father's absence, saving countless lives out at sea. When seventeen-year-old Abbie Burgess and her family move to Maine where her father will be caring for a lighthouse, she is immediately fascinated by the lights. Abbie becomes her father's assistant, and when he is forced to make an emergency trip to the mainland, Abbie alone knows how to keep the lighthouse tower lit. Soon after he leaves, a massive storm arises, surging over the island and flooding their house. Will Abbie be able to care for her sick mother and younger sisters and make sure that the lighthouse guides ships safely through the treacherous waters? This fictionalized account of a young girl's triumph over a savage storm as well as her own fears, is based on an actual incident that took place in the winter of 1856. Gorgeously illustrated with powerful oil paintings, young Abbie will inspire readers to face all storms as bravely.
Book Synopsis Abbie Burgess And The Great Storm by : Caitlind L. Alexander
Download or read book Abbie Burgess And The Great Storm written by Caitlind L. Alexander and published by Learning Island. This book was released on 2016-03-30 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was 1856. Abbie, her mother and her sisters were eating dinner. Suddenly the kitchen became very dark. The wind rattled the windows. The shutters slammed against the lighthouse. Abbie ran to the window. The sky was dark. "Is it a storm?" Abbie's mother asked? She was very afraid. "Yes," Abbie Answered. "Your father will be caught in the storm," he mother screamed. "His boat will turn over. He will drown!" Abbie put her arm around her mother. "He has had all day to sail. The wind has been good. He should be near the land by now. He will be all right." Abbie and her family lived on Matinicus Rock. It was a huge rock in the sea. Abbie's father was in charge of the lighthouse on the rock. But the supply ship had not come for months. They were low on food. They were low on their mother's medicine. Find out how Abbie Burgess saves her family, and keeps the lights burning to keep the ships safe at sea in this exciting 15-minute book. Ages 7 and up. Reading level 2.6 This book is part of our "Heroes in History" series. These 15-minute books focus on a specific moment in a historic person's life. Aimed at second graders, they provide the perfect introduction to famous Americans in an exciting, fun-to-read way. LearningIsland.com believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.
Book Synopsis The Stormy Adventure of Abbie Burgess, Lighthouse Keeper by : Peter Roop
Download or read book The Stormy Adventure of Abbie Burgess, Lighthouse Keeper written by Peter Roop and published by Graphic Universe ™. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trapped by sea and storm . . . a girl must keep the lighthouse working. Matinicus Rock, Maine, 1856. Seventeen-year-old Abbie Burgess lives with her family on a tiny island off the coast of Maine. Her father, the lighthouse keeper, must clean and light the lighthouse lamps every day without fail. Otherwise ships could crash into rocks and sink. Abbie’s father leaves to buy supplies, but a storm hitsbefore he can return. Can Abbie keep the lights burning until her father returns?
Book Synopsis The Stormy Adventure of Abbie Burgess, Lighthouse Keeper by : Peter Roop
Download or read book The Stormy Adventure of Abbie Burgess, Lighthouse Keeper written by Peter Roop and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the winter of 1856, a storm delays the lighthouse keeper's return to an island off the coast of Maine, and his daughter Abbie must keep the lights burning by herself.
Book Synopsis Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie by : Connie Roop
Download or read book Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie written by Connie Roop and published by Millbrook Press ™. This book was released on 2016-01-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abbie was afraid. She had never had to keep the lights burning by herself. But many lives depended on the lighthouse, and Papa was depending on Abbie. This is the exciting true story of Abbie Burgess, who in 1856 single-handedly kept the lighthouse lamps lit during a tremendous storm off the coast of Maine.
Book Synopsis Abbie Against the Storm by : Marcia Vaughan
Download or read book Abbie Against the Storm written by Marcia Vaughan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-06-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic true story of a young heroine who operated a lighthouse during a terrible winter storm in her father's absence, saving countless lives out at sea. When seventeen-year-old Abbie Burgess and her family move to Maine where her father will be caring for a lighthouse, she is immediately fascinated by the lights. Abbie becomes her father's assistant, and when he is forced to make an emergency trip to the mainland, Abbie alone knows how to keep the lighthouse tower lit. Soon after he leaves, a massive storm arises, surging over the island and flooding their house. Will Abbie be able to care for her sick mother and younger sisters and make sure that the lighthouse guides ships safely through the treacherous waters? This fictionalized account of a young girl's triumph over a savage storm as well as her own fears, is based on an actual incident that took place in the winter of 1856. Gorgeously illustrated with powerful oil paintings, young Abbie will inspire readers to face all storms as bravely.
Download or read book Abbie Burgess written by Dorothy H. Jones and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Abbie Against the Storm by : Marcia K. Vaughan
Download or read book Abbie Against the Storm written by Marcia K. Vaughan and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictionalized account of an incident in the life of a fourteen-year-old girl who tends her family's lighthouse during a fierce storm on the coast of Maine in the winter of 1856.
Book Synopsis Lighthouses of Maine by : Bill Caldwell
Download or read book Lighthouses of Maine written by Bill Caldwell and published by Down East Books. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Grand Manan to Mount Desert to the Isles of Shoals on the New Hampshire border, sixty-eight lighthouses stand along the coast of Maine and her rivers. In his conversational way, Bill Caldwell leads his readers on a historical tour of nearly all the Maine lighthouses. In Caldwell's hands the legends, lore, and history of the impressive signals come to life. Maine's lighthouses are symbols of it's proud maritime heritage, and of a way of life that has long passed. Who better to pass on the traditions than master story-teller Bill Caldwell. In addition to numerous books about Maine, Bill Caldwell wrote regular columns for the Portland Press Herald and the Maine Sunday Telegram. He was an ardent sailor, and his sixteen years sailing among the Maine islands gave him a unique insight into Maine's people and culture. He died at his home in Arizona in January 2001.
Book Synopsis The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter by : Arielle North Olson
Download or read book The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter written by Arielle North Olson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-06-01 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a rocky island outpost off the coast of Maine, a young girl once kept the lighthouse lamps burning for days while her father was held on the mainland by a violent storm. This heroic incident forms the basis of Arielle North Olson’s dramatic story about young Miranda and her family. They have recently moved to the lighthouse—and the reader becomes acclimated along with Miranda to the harsh and demanding way of life she finds there. Illustrated in sweeping watercolors of blue and gray by Elaine Wentworth, The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter will stir the hearts of readers as they watch Miranda struggle triumphantly against storm and rock and sea.
Book Synopsis The Snowshoeing Adventure of Milton Daub, Blizzard Trekker by : Margaret K. Wetterer
Download or read book The Snowshoeing Adventure of Milton Daub, Blizzard Trekker written by Margaret K. Wetterer and published by Graphic Universe. This book was released on 2010-08-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An 1888 blizzard has paralyzed much of New England, but twelve-year-old Milton Daub puts on a pair of homemade snowshoes and braves the storm to bring food and medicine to many of his neighbors in the Bronx, New York.
Download or read book Abbie Burgess written by Wanda Kay Knight and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-17 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Abbie waved good-bye to her father, she did not know that a storm was going to change everything. Her father was gone. Her mother was sick. The waters from the ocean were rising. How would Abbie keep everything together?
Book Synopsis 2,200 Shirts For Soldiers by : Alex Rounds
Download or read book 2,200 Shirts For Soldiers written by Alex Rounds and published by Learning Island. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was 1780. The Revolutionary War had been going on for four long years. A group of ladies was meeting in a house. It was in Philadelphia. The ladies must do something to help the soldiers! Hettie said. I have sent letters to General Washington. The soldiers are in very bad shape. We must raise money to help them! Find out what the women do to help General Washington. Reading level: 2.8
Book Synopsis 14 Fun Facts About the Pacific Ocean by : Calista Plummer
Download or read book 14 Fun Facts About the Pacific Ocean written by Calista Plummer and published by Learning Island. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named Pacifica (peaceful) by Spanish Explorers, the Pacific Ocean is anything but peaceful. It is home to 75% of the world's volcanoes, numerous dying islands, and the holder of more than 1/10th of the world's carbon dioxide. It is the largest ocean on Earth. Do you know: What is the average depth of the Pacific Ocean? How much of the Earth does the Pacific Ocean cover? What is "the itch"? How much carbon dioxide does the Pacific Ocean absorb? What thing in the Pacific Ocean makes up half the life on Earth? Find out the answers to these questions and more and amaze your family and friends with these fun facts. Ages 8 and up. All measurements in American and metric. Reading Level: 6.6 Learning Island believes in the value of children practicing reading for 15 minutes every day. Our 15-Minute Books give children lots of fun, exciting choices to read, from classic stories, to mysteries, to books of knowledge. Many books are appropriate for hi-lo readers. Open the world of reading to a child by having them read for 15 minutes a day.
Book Synopsis Prominent Families of New York by : Lyman Horace Weeks
Download or read book Prominent Families of New York written by Lyman Horace Weeks and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Celebration of Maine Children's Books by : Lynn Plourde
Download or read book A Celebration of Maine Children's Books written by Lynn Plourde and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A White Bird Flying by : Bess Streeter Aldrich
Download or read book A White Bird Flying written by Bess Streeter Aldrich and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1931, Bess Streeter Aldrich's novel 'A White Bird Flying' is about Abbie Deal, the matriarch of a pioneer Nebraska family, who has died at the beginning of the story. She left her china and heavy furniture to others, and to her granddaughter Laura - the secret of her dream of finer things. Grandma Deal's literary aspirations had been thwarted by the hard circumstances of her life, but Laura vows that nothing, no one, will deter her from a successful writing career. Childhood passes, and the more she repeats her vow the more life intervenes.
