A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861
By Karen Hesse
Interest Level
Grades 6 - 8
Reading Level
Grade level Equivalent: 5.6
Lexile Measure®: 850L
DRA: Not Available
Guided Reading: T
Genre
- Diaries and Journals
- Historical Fiction
- Dictionaries
- Series
Theme/Subject
- Civil War Period and Reconstruction
- American Civil War
- Family Life
- Jobs, Careers, Work
- Mental Health
- Survival
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About This Book
Newbery Medalist Hesse pens the diary of a Union girl living in the divided state of Delaware during the explosive first year of the Civil war a conflict mirrored in Amelia's struggle to keep her parents' disintegrating marriage together.
About the Authors or Illustrators
Karen Hesse lives in Vermont with her husband and two teen-aged daughters. Her book Out of the Dust was awarded the Newbery Medal for 1998.
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