The Ghost of the Charlotte Lighthouse
On a cliff overlooking Lake Ontario, the Genesee River, and the port of Rochester, New York, a lonely lighthouse stood watch. Its windows were boarded up and its roof was leaking. Its face was dirty and its light had long since gone out. Its front door was hidden with brush and its stairs were crumbling. But maybe you wouldn't look so good either if you were 127 years old.
From inside the lighthouse tower came the sound of scratching, but no one was there to hear it. That is, no human ears were there to hear it, because the lighthouse had been abandoned for eighteen years.
Across town, life was very different. Susan B. Anthony School #27 was vibrating with energy. For Mrs. Levine's fourth grade class, saving the Charlotte-Genesee Lighthouse would become more than just a school project. It would become the adventure of a lifetime!
About Sally Valentine (Rochester, New York Author)
Sally Valentine is a native Rochesterian, who has been both a student and a teacher in the Rochester City School District. After teaching math for 25 years, she is now off on a tangent of writing. Her love for kids, books, and Rochester led her to write a series of novels for intermediate grade kids which are each set in a different Rochester landmark. The titles thus far are The Ghost of the Charlotte Lighthouse, Theft at George Eastman House, What Stinks? An Adventure in Highland Park, Lost at Seabreeze, and STORMED. She loves to do school visits.
Sally is also the author of an award winning book of poems entitled There Are No Buffalo in Buffalo. Her latest book is Martha the Hairpreneur, the true story of a Rochester woman who turned $60, a formula for hair tonic, and her own floor-length hair into an empire of 500 salons worldwide. Sally feels blessed to be a part of the rich Rochester writing community. You may contact her through her website at www.RochesterAuthor.com.
