AR Book Level
4.8
AR Points
1
Word Count
6,702
Interest Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
514117 EN
About this book
The story follows Benjamin Postlethwaite, a lonely lighthouse keeper who saves a young boy named Allen from a shipwreck. Years later, Allen returns to the lighthouse, and the two work together to nurse an injured puffin back to health. When Allen is called to fight in World War Two, he must leave the lighthouse and the friendship he has formed with Benjamin. The book is set around a remote lighthouse and spans from Allen's childhood through the Second World War.