The Last Lighthouse Keeper of Drummore Bay

A thrilling middle-grade adventure about a boy and his dog, a hidden map, an impossible rescue, family legacy, courage in a storm, and the day two unlikely heroes saved their whole villageBy Finn MacAllister

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Keep the light alive. That was the rule. Eleven-year-old Finn has climbed his grandfather's lighthouse a hundred times. He knows every groaning step, every gap where the wind whistles, every brass gear his grandpa polished for forty-two years. But he has never seen a storm like this one. The waves are smashing the seawall. The rain is falling sideways. And high in the lantern room, a crack races down the great curved glass — thin as a hair, then wider, then everywhere at once. Then a gull hits the pane. The glass slumps like a falling curtain. The wind pours in. And the flame his family has guarded for forty-two years gutters, flickers, and dies. "I'm sorry," Finn whispers into the dark, though there is no one to hear. Below him, the village of Drummore Bay goes blind. Boats at sea lose their bearing. Ships in the North Channel have to guess their way through the rocks. And on the phone, his mother — driving home from Glasgow with news he has been dreading all day — says the words that change everything. Then Finn finds a tattered map hidden beneath the floorboards. With his scruffy terrier Scout at his heels, a flashlight in his fist, and the waves below crashing white against the rocks, he sets out to do the impossible: relight the last lighthouse on the bay before someone takes it from his family forever. There are secrets in that old tower. A hidden light. A hand that should not be turning the lens. A betrayal that goes back further than Finn can imagine. And two promises — one to his grandfather, one to his mother — that he cannot keep at the same time. The bay is going to auction. The fog is thick. And everyone says one kid can't possibly save a whole lighthouse. But brave hearts aren't measured by size — and some nights, a boy and his dog are exactly the heroes a town needs. The Last Lighthouse Keeper of Drummore Bay is a thrilling middle-grade adventure about a boy and his dog, a hidden map, an impossible rescue, family legacy, courage in a storm, and the day two unlikely heroes saved their whole village. Perfect for readers who love middle-grade adventures, boy-and-his-dog stories, lighthouse and seaside mysteries, brave kid heroes, and books like Hatchet and The Lighthouse Family for ages 8 to 12.

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