num_pages: 115
description: A stout loghouse and a strong papa; crackly cornhusk mattresses and water fetched from a spring down the hill; crashing trees and howling storms; encounters with bears, wolves and deer; exciting trips to Toronto: all these things--and more--make for a rich and varied life for young Willie Adams in Northern Ontario in 1888. Find out what it was like to live in the country a hundred years ago.
language: English
title: Lamplighter
titlecomplete: Lamplighter
genres: Canada, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 26
awards: awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People
publisher: Scholastic Canada