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Of salt and shore / written and illustrated by Annet Schaap ; translated by Laura Watkinson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Dutch Publisher: Watertown, MA : Charlesbridge, 2020Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First US editionDescription: 352 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781623542306
  • 1623542308
Other title:
  • Of salt & shore
Uniform titles:
  • Lampje. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: Every night Lampie, the lighthouse keeper's daughter lights the lantern which warns the ships away from the rocks, but when the light goes out one night, a ship is wrecked and Lampie is sent to the Admiral's Black House in disgrace--there she finds and befriends the Admiral's son, who was born with a tail, and together they are pulled into an adventure of mermen and pirates, and secret identities long concealed but soon to be revealed.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy SCHAAP ANNET Available 33111010415749
Children's Book Children's Book Northport Library Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy SCHAAP ANNET Available 33111009025327
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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.

"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 Review

Every evening Lampie, the lighthouse keeper's daughter, must light a lantern to warn ships away from the rocks, but one stormy night disaster strikes. The lantern is not lit, a ship is wrecked, and someone must pay.

To work off her debt, Lampie is banished to the Admiral's lonely house, where a monster is rumored to live. The terrors inside the house aren't quite what she thought they would be--they are even stranger. After Lampie saves the life of the neglected, deformed son of the admiral, a boy she calls Fish, they form a close bond. Soon they are pulled into a fairytale adventure swimming with mermaids, pirates, and misfits. Lampie will discover the courage to fight for friendship, knowledge, and the freedom to be different.

Originally published as: Lampje by Em. Querido's Uitgeverij, Amsterdam, ©2017.

Also published in English as: Lampie and the Children of the Sea.

First published in English by Pushkin Press in 2019.

Ages 10 and up. Charlesbridge.

Every night Lampie, the lighthouse keeper's daughter lights the lantern which warns the ships away from the rocks, but when the light goes out one night, a ship is wrecked and Lampie is sent to the Admiral's Black House in disgrace--there she finds and befriends the Admiral's son, who was born with a tail, and together they are pulled into an adventure of mermen and pirates, and secret identities long concealed but soon to be revealed.

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