The Light at Tern Rock

A Newbery Honor Book

Will Ronnie have to spend Christmas stranded in a lighthouse?

Ronnie and his aunt are tending the Tern Rock lighthouse for two December weeks while its keeper takes a much-needed vacation. Ronnie learns to love the slap of the waves against the Rock, sleeping in a bunk, climbing the winding staircase, and lighting the great lamp each night, and he looks forward to telling his family about it Christmas. But the days go by, and the lighthouse keeper doesn't return to take them home.

"Julia Sauer has again captured in words the delight of a perfect moment." --Library Journal

"A beautiful story." --The Christian Science Monitor

Author: Julia L. Sauer
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 04/01/1994
Pages: 64
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.10lbs
Size: 7.50h x 4.90w x 0.20d
ISBN13: 9780140368574
ISBN10: 0140368574
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Christmas & Advent
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | New Experience
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)

About the Author
Julia L. Sauer was a writer of children's fiction and a librarian. Two of her books, Fog Magic and The Light at Tern Rock, were among the annual Newbery Medal runners-up. Both are set in Canada, where Sauer frequently vacationed.