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5 Gravestones!
Captain Angus, The Lighthouse Ghost is a very interesting and (dare I say it without scaring the kiddos?) educational read. It takes place at the Cape Lighthouse Station at Cape Otway near Apollo Bay, Victoria on the Southeastern coast of Australia. This is an actual lighthouse, by the way, and a link to the web site and others like it can be found at the end of the book.
Aaron and Gracie are a brother and sister who are on vacation for a week with their parents. They are staying in what was the lighthouse keepers cottage with no TV, video games or other distractions to keep them busy. They arent very happy and think they will be bored to tears for an entire week. That is until they meet Capn Angus, a ghost who was a sea captain until he died in 1825 off the coast of his native Scotland.
Capn Angus has made it his mission, since becoming a ghost, to keep track of all of the old lighthouses and make sure all is well with them. He tells Aaron and Gracie that each lighthouse has its own spirit and Aurora, the one at the Cape Lighthouse, isnt happy because he doesnt feel useful or needed. The Capn asks for the help of Aaron and Gracie to make Aurora happy again. To do this, Capn Angus takes Aaron and Gracie on spirit trips back in time to see their lighthouse being built as well as to learn what happened to ships when there werent lighthouses. Aaron and Gracie learn a lot about their lighthouse and find out a surprise or two along the way about their own ancestors. Its during these trips that they figure out how to make Aurora happy again.
While I thought this book reads easy enough to be interesting to kids between 7-9 or so, anyone can get enjoyment from it. There is excitement in the peeks into history and with the included links to lighthouse site, it also gives you a link between the past and present. You are learning without realizing it and you get a better appreciation for why we must preserve things from the past. I really liked the story and found the lighthouse information interesting. The web site for the Cape Lighthouse is also fascinating and contains some really good pictures. I thought it was neat that the story was about something that really exists and that just made the story even better.
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