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Lighthouse Ladies: Shining a Spotlight on Hardy Heroines by Kris Coronado

August 20, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

When you see a title like Lighthouse Ladies: Shining a Spotlight on Hardy Heroines you might wonder if there really were enough people to fill a book. Well, it sounds like you could fill a book on any one of the four women who Kris Coronado highlights. Instead they take four real life women who saved lives, tended to the light houses, and dealt with other issues and situations. We follow Ida Lewis, Juliet Nichols, Venus Parker, and Julia Toomey who were women who were […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Ida Lewis, Islenia Mil, Julia Toomey, Juliet Nichols, Kris Coronado, Lighthouses, United States, Venus Parker, women

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:367 · Genres: Children's Books, History, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Ida Lewis, Islenia Mil, Julia Toomey, Juliet Nichols, Kris Coronado, Lighthouses, United States, Venus Parker, women ·
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