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Courage Like Kate: The True Story of a Girl Lighthouse Keeper
Anne Crowley Redding
Illustrator: Emily Sutton
Ages: 6+
Published: 2022
Publisher: Random House Studio/Random House Children's Books/PRH
ISBN: 978-0-593-37340-8
Keywords: Kate Audre Moore, Fayerweather Island, Bridgeport Connecticut, History - United States - 1800's
From age 12 Kate assumed her aging father's treacherous job operating the lighthouse and rescuing shipwrecked sailors. Vivid impressionistic mixed-media illustrations. Back matter.