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Ghost light on Graveyard Shoal / by Elizabeth McDavid Jones.

Summary:

In the late nineteenth century, twelve-year-old Rhoda investigates her suspicion that a wrecker may be luring ships to their destruction on the Virginia barrier island where her father is Keeper of a U.S. Lifesaving Station. Includes historical notes on the United States Life-Saving Service.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1584857633
  • ISBN: 9781584857631
  • Physical Description: 153 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Middleton, Wis. : Pleasant Co. Publications, [2003]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"American girl."
Formatted Contents Note:
Chapter 1 Shipwreck! 1 -- Chapter 2 Pearl 10 -- Chapter 3 Mystery Light on the Cape 26 -- Chapter 4 Footprints in the Sand 34 -- Chapter 5 Wrecker! 40 -- Chapter 6 Ghost of the Mangled Mariner 52 -- Chapter 7 Bad Winds Blowing 58 -- Chapter 8 A Heap of Money 72 -- Chapter 9 An Illicit Deal 80 -- Chapter 10 Showdown in the Fish Shack 93 -- Chapter 11 Emergency! 105 -- Chapter 12 A Rat in a Trap 114 -- Chapter 13 Mr. Kimball's Confession 120 -- Chapter 14 Treachery 137 -- A Peek into the Past 155.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.8 5 72262.
Subject: United States. Life-Saving Service > Fiction.
United States. Life-Saving Service > Juvenile fiction.
Detective and mystery stories > Juvenile fiction.
Detective and mystery stories > Juvenile literature.
Lifesaving > Fiction.
Lifesaving > Juvenile fiction.
Rescue work > Fiction.
Rescue work > Juvenile fiction.
Shipwrecks > Fiction.
Shipwrecks > Juvenile fiction.
Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) > History > 19th century > Fiction.
Eastern Shore (Md. and Va.) > History > 19th century > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Detective and mystery fiction.

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  • 14 of 14 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Harnett County Library.

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Harnett County Main Library J F Jon Juv Series (Text) 33630003462509 Juvenile Fiction Series Available -