Lampie will discover the courage to fight for friendship, knowledge, and the freedom to be different. Soon they are pulled into a fairytale adventure swimming with mermaids, pirates, and misfits. After Lampie saves the life of the neglected, deformed son of the admiral, a boy she calls Fish, they form a close bond. The terrors inside the house aren't quite what she thought they would be-they are even stranger. To work off her debt, Lampie is banished to the Admiral's lonely house, where a monster is rumored to live. The lantern is not lit, a ship is wrecked, and someone must pay. "Once I picked the book up, I didn’t set it down until I finished it with tears in my eyes." - The New York Times Book ReviewĮvery evening Lampie, the lighthouse keeper's daughter, must light a lantern to warn ships away from the rocks, but one stormy night disaster strikes. For fans of The Hazel Wood, this middle grade novel takes the dark stuff of fairytales and crafts it into a powerful story of friendship and light.
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