Keep the Lights Burning Abbie Author:Connie Roop, Peter Roop, Peter E. Hanson (Illustrator) Day after day the storm raged. Abbie had never tended the lighthouse by herself before. Many lives depended on her. While her father was delayed in town, Abbie also had to care for her younger sisters and her sick mother. — Based on the true story of Abbie Burgess, who, in 1856, single-handedly kept the lighthouse lit during a tremendous s... more »torm off the coast of Maine. « less