Ghost Light on Graveyard Shoal

This is book 21 in the History Mysteries series and is one of the harder books to find.

The story takes place in 1895 and centers around the young girl Rhonda who lives on an island where her father is a member of a group of men that rescue people from boats that get shipwrecked on the shoals.

It's an extremely tough life for her father, and he's way from home six days out of seven, but Rhonda also is very proud of the work her father does.

Her best friend Pearl is very ill and needs to go to a hospital to stay for a while. However, at the same time, it seems that there is someone who is going around and trying to get ships to wreck on purpose so he can claim their cargo and get rich.

Rhonda tries to find out who is doing this and, along the way, runs the risk of losing Pearl's friendship forever. Finally, she must confront the culprit, knowing he will spot her, but knowing that, if she doesn't act, yet another ship will sink and lives will be lost.

I didn't think at first that the book would be very interesting but it turns out it's quite well done and worth reading.

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