To Keep the South Manitou Light by Anna Egan Smucker

To Keep the South Manitou Light by Anna Egan Smucker

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.

Anna Egan Smucker is the author of Outside the Window (Knopf, 1994) and No Star Nights (Knopf, 1989), which won the 1990 International Reading Association Children's Book Award in the Younger Reader category. In addition to her writing, she gives author presentations and conducts writing workshops throughout the country

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ISBN 13	9780814332368
ISBN 10	0814332366
Title	To Keep the South Manitou Light
Author	Anna Egan Smucker
Series	Great Lakes Books Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Wayne State University Press
Year published	2006-04-30
Number of pages	130
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.