num_pages: 174
description: Captures the emotions of a young Union girl who struggles to make sense of her shattered world as she lives in a state of harsh division during the first year of the Civil War. 120,000 first printing.
language: English
title: A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861
titlecomplete: A Light in the Storm: The Civil War Diary of Amelia Martin, Fenwick Island, Delaware, 1861 (Dear America)
genres: Fiction, Diary, American History, Young Adult, Historical, Childrens, War, Historical Fiction, Civil War, Middle Grade
ratings_count: 3664
places: Fenwick Island, Delaware
series: Dear America
publisher: Scholastic Inc.