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Spooksville - The Howling Ghost Spooksville - The Howling Ghost Christopher Pike Cindy is playing by the ocean with her younger brother, Neil, when a ghost appears out of nowhere and grabs the little boy and carries him away. Cindy tries to tell people what happened, but everyone… OL1000690W
Leaving the Bellweathers Leaving the Bellweathers Kristin Clark Venuti The young Bellweathers–fourteen-year-old Spider, thirteen-year-old Ninda, and the ten-year-old triplets, Brick, Spike, and Sassy–and their equally peculiar parents have brought constant chaos to the … OL14981469W
The third adventure The third adventure Dustin Evans,Baron Specter When Joey and friend Gil are caught in a storm while night-fishing off the coast of Massachusetts, they find shelter in a lighthouse inhabited by a very unfriendly ghost. OL15082661W
May (Daughters of the Sea #2) May (Daughters of the Sea #2) Kathryn Lasky 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 a… OL15571454W
The lighthouse children The lighthouse children Syd Hoff When an old lighthouse keeper and his wife leave their seaside home, they find a way for their old friends, the seagulls, to find them. OL16491313W
Captain's Castaway Captain's Castaway Angeli Perrow When a storm at sea causes a shipwreck, the captain's injured dog finds its way to shore where the young daughter of the lighthouse keeper rescues and befriends it. OL1942327W
Ghost cat Ghost cat Eve Bunting,Michael Gillick,Kevin M. Barry 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. OL19713977W
One lighthouse, one moon One lighthouse, one moon Anita Lobel Presents the days of the week, the months of the year, and numbers from one to ten through the activities of a cat and people in and around a lighthouse. OL2000637W
The otter The otter Cynthia Rylant A family of animals that lives in a lighthouse helps an otter, whose sister is trapped in an old fishing net. OL20022005W
The lighthouse keeper's breakfast The lighthouse keeper's breakfast David Armitage,Ronda Armitage The Grinlings are the "very special guests" at the lighthouse's 200th birthday party. They dress up as pirates and prepare to have lots of swashbuckling fun. But when they take to the high seas, they… OL20865462W
The lighthouse keeper's picnic The lighthouse keeper's picnic Ronda Armitage Mr Grinling enjoys eating most of all, but after an upsetting day at the village picnic Mrs Grinling decides it is time he went on a diet. Suggested level: preschool, junior. OL21178246W
Lighthouse Keeper's Cat Lighthouse Keeper's Cat David Armitage,Ronda Armitage Once there was a lighthouse keeper called Mr. Grinling. At night time he lived in a small white cottage perched high on the cliffs, and in the daytime he rowed out to his lighthouse to clean and poli… OL21377025W
Cats in the dark Cats in the dark Kate Rowinski When the children wake at midnight because of tremendous racket throughout the lighthouse, they expect to find an army of cats turning the place to jumble. OL2704277W
The Hammerhead Light The Hammerhead Light Colin Thiele A lighthouse, a whimbrel, and an old man help a young girl accept growing up and the meaning of change. OL2901381W
Fire bird Fire bird Mary Frances Zambreno Thirteen-year-old Emily, her blind engineer father, and a boy from their English village sail aboard the magic ship Basset to an island of mythical animals, where they use faith and imagination to tr… OL2955122W
Katherine's story Katherine's story Erika Tamar In 1905, while pursuing her dreams of becoming an artist, the twelve-year-old daughter of the Cape Light lighthouse keeper learns the value of family, home, and friendship. OL3232404W
Rose's story Rose's story Erika Tamar In 1906, mortified by her mother's suffragist activities that cause the family to move from New York City to Cape Light, fourteen-year-old Rose sees no value in her mother's feminist views until she … OL3232410W
Robert's tall friend Robert's tall friend Vivian Farrell Relates the story, based in fact, of how a young boy's move to Fire Island, where his father is a National Park Service Ranger, is strategic in the restoring to service of the island's crumbling old … OL4984827W
Elin's island Elin's island Cynthia L. Copeland Thirteen-year-old Elin can't imagine living anywhere but the island off the coast of Maine where her father is lightkeeper, until the night in 1941 when she awakes to the sound of German torpedoes wh… OL5828026W
The lighthouse family The lighthouse family Cynthia Rylant Whistler and Lila, two of the mice children who live in a lighthouse, meet a young octopus when they visit the beach during low tide. OL64167W
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