Evelyn's Lighthouse is a charming book set in 1924 that will help girls appreciate a different time in American life, what it was like to live at a lighthouse, and the value and importance of family. Evelyn is a fun and smart 12 year old girl who balances her love for Split Rock's famous lighthouse, for her friends, and for her loyal dog, Jo, with schoolwork, chores, and helping her dad around the lighthouse ... all while trying to solve the mystery of who wants to burn down her lighthouseWhile Evelyn is a fictional character, the story is historical and is thoroughly well-researched and fact based. The operation of the lighthouse, where the station is and its role, the technologies of the time, and more are all set very carefully and historically in the year 1924. Real people are used throughout and the geographical details and places are accurate. The novel gives readers the opportunity to step back in time and see what life was like at a lighthouse in 1924 (and Split Rock is a fabulously beautiful and very famous light station), and to learn from Evelyn's adventuresome spirit, love of reading, and her determination to help her family and her lighthouse.