Captain January Author:Laura E. Richards The story of Star Bright, who is rescued by Captain January (a former seaman who is now a New England lighthouse keeper) after her parents are drowned in a shipwreck. Captain January rescued Star when she was two or three years old. Everyone else aboard was lost. January made a token effort at finding Star?s relatives, then just kept her for him... more »self. Now, four years later, he has a truant officer breathing down his neck because he didn?t send Star to school promptly at age six but "home-schooled" her instead; and he?s about to become unemployed again due to the installation of an automatic lighthouse beacon. Star is of course an irrepressible little bundle of happiness, but very distraught at the thought of being taken away from "Cap." January taught Star from the Bible and a nautical manual because "they both show you how to steer a straight course"), they?re willing to steal the answers to Star?s school entrance exam (but grab a High School exam by mistake). Captain January (originally published in 1890), a best seller, was twice made into movies, and the second time starred Shirley Temple.« less