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| | Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie |  | Author: Peter Roop
Publisher: Demco Media
Category: Book
This item is no longer available
Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 6828715
Format: Import
Media: Turtleback
Edition: Reprint
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6.3 x 0.5
ISBN: 0606123857
Dewey Decimal Number: 387.155
EAN: 9780606123853
ASIN: 0606123857
Publication Date: July 1987
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 Great book demonstrating heroines May 24, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
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Great Books for Girls: More Than 600 Books to Inspire Today's Girls and Tomorrow's Women
This story is about a real girl who rises to meet a challenge that would frighten any adult. My kindergartner now holds this book near/dear as she sees it as a model of courage/bravery to aspire to. Even more exciting is that this story is based upon a real event in a real girl's life.
 Great Learning Tool March 24, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book gives you an idea of what it was like to operate a lighthouse in the mid 1800's. Sure doesn't sound fun. In that sense the book is very educational, and it give hero status to a deserving individual that most people have never heard of. The only real flaw it has is in the format of its printing. I can't tell where one paragraph starts and another ends, so if I were trying to narrate this thing I would have a hard time knowing where to stop and start as far as the vocal intonation goes. I also think the introduction gives away the whole story on the first page, so it should really be put at the end of the book.
Great Example of Children's Historical Fiction July 22, 2002
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie is a well-written piece of historical fiction based on Abbie Burgess' own accounts and other historical sources. This information is provided in the note by the authors at the beginning of the book. All incidences appear to be very representative of the life of the time depicted. Abbie's character is developed well. The reader is able to see that Abbie is a strong young girl who does not want to let her family, especially her father, down. She faces the conflict of person vs. self and also person vs. nature is evident in the book. The theme evident in the book is bravery and strength. Abbie had to be brave to keep the lights lit. She needed the strength to overcome her fears and to live up to her father's expectations. The illustrations were beautiful watercolors that set the mood of the story.
A Great Example of Children's Historical Fiction July 21, 2002
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie is a well-written piece of historical fiction based on Abbie Burgess' own accounts and other historical sources. This information is provided in the note by the authors at the beginning of the book. All incidences appear to be very representative of the life of the time depicted. Abbie's character is developed well. The reader is able to see that Abbie is a strong young girl who does not want to let her family, especially her father, down. She faces the conflict of person vs. self and also person vs. nature is evident in the book. The theme evident in the book is bravery and strength. Abbie had to be brave to keep the lights lit. She needed the strength to overcome her fears and to live up to her father's expectations. The illustrations were beautiful watercolors that set the mood of the story.
A great book to remember Abbie Burgess August 15, 1999
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
I remember watching this book on Reading Rainbow when I was little and I had to have it. I got the Audio casatte and Loved it I recommmed this book to anyone! Highy!!
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