About this book:

Twelve-year-old Mara expects to inherit a dusty old lighthouse—what she gets is a lighthouse that hunts for lost dreams. When the great brass lens awakens at her touch, sweeping violet light not across the sea but toward the sleeping town, Mara discovers her grandmother’s true legacy: for three hundred years, the Keepers of Whispering Point have gathered the wishes children forget, storing them in jars of starlight before they vanish forever. But something ancient stirs in the fog offshore, a Shadow at the Tide that feeds on abandoned hopes—and it has just noticed the light is burning again.

Armed with her grandmother’s cryptic ledger, a pair of lenses that reveal the invisible trails of forgotten dreams, and a key that opens doors no ordinary locksmith could craft, Mara must track down the dreamers before the Shadow claims what they’ve lost. From a boy who once built brass submarines to a violinist who silenced his own music, each recovered memory pulls Mara deeper into a hidden world of clockwork seagulls, flying machines, and promises that refuse to break. But the deepest mystery waits at the top of the tower, where the light remembers what everyone else has forgotten—including the truth about why Mara was chosen to keep it burning.

*The Lighthouse Keeper of Lost Dreams* is a luminous middle-grade fantasy about the courage to remember, the magic of second chances, and the extraordinary power of the wishes we’re afraid to speak aloud. Perfect for readers who love *The Starlight Watchmaker*, *The Girl Who Drank the Moon*, and anyone who has ever wondered what happens to the dreams we leave behind.