A lighthouse dark for thirty years just blinked back to life — and thirteen-year-old reporter Piper Okonkwo is the only one asking why.
A year ago, Piper printed a story that wasn't ready and nearly ruined a man's life. She's spent every day since proving the Lantern Cove Tattler can be trusted again. So when her best friend swears she saw a pulse of light coming from the abandoned Gull Point tower, Piper knows exactly what it could cost her to be wrong — and exactly what it could mean if she's right.
With her friends Rory (a fact-hoarding archivist) and Elias (a boy who trusts nothing without a mechanical explanation), Piper starts pulling a thread that leads to smuggled cargo, a thirty-year-old cover-up, and one of the most powerful men in town. But the lighthouse isn't sending one signal — it's sending two, and only one of them was ever meant for her.
With a public vigil counting down the days until the whole town walks straight into a trap, Piper has to learn the hardest lesson of all: a story that's true isn't always a story that's ready — and sometimes the biggest scoop of your life isn't the one that catches a criminal. It's the one that brings a family home.
The Light at Gull Point is a fast-paced, clue-by-clue mystery about friendship, integrity, and knowing when to speak up — perfect for young readers who love Nancy Drew, Harriet the Spy, or The Mysterious Benedict Society.
