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Sisters of Scituate Light

By Stephen Krensky

Reading Level: Early Elementary School, Late Elementary School, Middle School
Genre: Non Fiction
Publisher: Dutton Children's Books 2008

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In 1814, when their father leaves them in charge of the Scituate lighthouse outside of Boston, two teenaged sisters devise a clever way to avert an attack by a British warship patrolling the Massachusetts coast.

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Keywords

Boston, Massachusetts, history, war, conflict, 19th Century, 1800, nineteenth century, War of 1812, lighthouse, maritime, New England,

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Newbery Medal

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Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award

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