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1) Ghost cat
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After his death, Sailor Boy decided to stay at Port Carrick lighthouse with his friend, the lighthouse keeper, and when disaster strikes, he is there to help.
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Family Fletcher novels volume 2
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Summertime brings the Fletcher Family back to Rock Island where the good times never end, but this summer the boys' favorite lighthouse is all boarded up and with the help from their new neighbors, the Garcia girls, the boys are determined to find out what is really happening with their lighthouse and saving it, no matter what the cost.
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National Lighthouse Day - August 7
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
RLG Caldecott Medal List
Toddlers
OBD Caldecott Medal Winners - YOUTH
RLG Caldecott Medal List
Toddlers
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"Explores the life of one lighthouse as it beams its message out to sea through shifting seasons, changeable weather, and the tenure of its final keeper."--
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GPLD Best of 2022
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Hispanic Heritage 2023
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Chapter Books and Graphic Novels (SCPL-YS)
Hispanic Heritage 2023
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A sweetly spooky ghost story about a Cuban American boy who befriends a pair of spirits and tries to break the curse on his island home . . . only to discover a seemingly lost piece of his family's history in the process. This new middle grade standalone mystery from the author of the Muse Squad series is perfect for fans of Doll Bones and The Girl and the Ghost!
Frank Fernandez's family never stays in one place for long.
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England is at war. Growing up in a lighthouse, Pets world has been one of storms, secret tunnels and stories about sea monsters. But now the clifftops are a terrifying battleground, and her family is torn apart. This is the story of a girl who is small, afraid and unnoticed. A girl who freezes with fear at the enemy planes ripping through the skies overhead. A girl who is somehow destined to become part of the strange, ancient legend of the Daughters...
7) Ghostlight
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"Rebecca Strand was just sixteen when she and her father fell to their deaths from the top of the Gibraltar Point Lighthouse in 1839. Just how they fell--or were they pushed?--remains a mystery. And their ghosts haunt the lighthouse to this day. . . Gabe tells this story every day when he gives the ghost tour on Toronto Island. He tries to make it scary enough to satisfy the tourists, but he doesn't actually believe in ghosts--until he finds himself...
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"On a crisp fall day, Pinny decides to go for a walk. She packs a sweater, her rain hat, a book, a snack and her treasure pouch. Set for adventure, Pinny's day includes a windy game of tag with her friends, an exciting call for help from the lighthouse keeper and a surprising encounter with the falling autumn leaves."--
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The children, who are spending the summer in a lighthouse on the New England coast, are disturbed by a mysterious woman walking the lighthouse grounds. Jessie's dog Watch wakes up growling almost every evening at midnight, and Henry finds a puzzling note in the sand.
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Moomin books volume 8
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Feeling his family's life is too safe and fixed, Moominpappa moves them to a lighthouse on an island to lead a life full of troubles, and indeed they find many mysteries in that lonely place.
13) Storm's coming!
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"Did you know that flowers, insects, and birds can help predict the weather? Near her lighthouse home, Sophie reads the signs and sounds a warning: 'Storm's coming!'"--
14) May
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In 1899 on an island off the coast of Maine, fifteen-year-old May learns why she has always felt different from the other girls in her small town, but must keep hidden that she is a mermaid or risk attracting the attention of a dangerous hunter, and losing a boy for whom she cares.
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"Inspired by Robert Louis Stevenson's letters and life, this book imagines the author as a child with dreams of becoming a writer. As he and his father visit one of the many lighthouses along the Scottish coast that were built by their family, young Louis begins composing a story in his head--one with storms, shipwrecks, and pirates--that will one day be published as Treasure Island."--
18) Faraway things
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Secundo enjoys searching the beach below his home for treasure, but after becoming attached to a mysterious cutlass he meets its owner, who offers something greater for its return.
19) Izzy and Frank
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Izzy loved her island. But most of all, she loved Frank the seagull. Izzy and Frank spend blue-sky-sunny days and grey-cloud-rainy days roaming and playing by the sea. But when Izzy has to leave her lighthouse and island life behind to move to the city, she also has to say goodbye to Frank. The city is crowded and noisy, and Izzy misses the sand and the sea. Can Izzy find a place for herself in her new home? And will she ever see Frank again?