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The Luminous Life Of Lucy Landry

Author:

Anna Rose Johnson

Illustrator:

Published by:

Holiday House Inc.

First Published:

5 Mar 2024

Ideal for readers age

9-12y

My Review

If 'Anne Of Green Gables' was set in a lighthouse and Anne had had siblings to win over as well as Marilla, and was of Native American heritage, this would be how her story would read! It's a gorgeous, gentle novel full of kindness and compassion, a very likeable heroine, and a very happy ending. My daughter and I both loved it!

Heads Up!

Anne Rose Johnson's first novel, 'The Star That Always Shines' is another notable and lovely book exploring Ojibwe heritage and history - her stories focus on what it means to belong and own our identities.

Publisher Review

Lucy, a spirited French-Ojibwe orphan, is sent to the stormy waters of Lake Superior to live with a mysterious family of lighthouse-keepers—and, she hopes, to find the legendary necklace her father spent his life seeking… Selena Lucy Landry (named for a ship, as every sailor’s child should be) has been frightened of the water ever since she lost her father at sea. But with no one else to care for her, she’s sent to foster with the Martins—a large Anishinaabe family living on a lighthouse in the middle of stormy Lake Superior. The Martin family is big, hard-working, and close, and Lucy—who has always been a dreamer—struggles to fit in. Can she go one day without ruining the laundry or forgetting the sweeping? Will she ever be less afraid of the lake? Although life at the lighthouse isn’t what Lucy hoped for, it is beautiful—ships come and go, waves pound the rocks—and it has one major advantage: It’s near the site of a famous shipwreck, a shipwreck that went down with a treasure her father wanted more than anything. If Lucy can find that treasure—a priceless ruby necklace—won’t it be like having Papa back again, just a little bit? But someone else is hunting for the treasure, too. And as the lighthouse company becomes increasingly skeptical that the Martins can juggle Lucy and their duties, Lucy and the Martin children will need to find the necklace quickly—or they may not have a home at all.
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