- Christmas, Christmas stories, Fiction, Juvenile fiction
Ronnie and his aunt are tending the Tern Rock lighthouse while the keeper takes a vacation. Ronnie loves living in the lighthouse, and looks forward to telling his family about it at Christmas. But if the lighthouse keeper doesn't return in time, what will Christmas be like for Ronnie and Aunt Martha? A Newbery Honor Book.
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Character
Classical in form, earnest, intimate and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Julia L. Sauer
- First published
- 1951
- Pages
- 62
- Publisher
- Puffin Books, Demco Media, Scholastic
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780606065306
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“WHY Mrs Morse what boy wouldn't relish a holiday in a lighthouse?”
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