Saved at Sea Author:Mrs. O. F. Walton This fascinating story takes place on a little island off the coast of Great Britain around the year 1900. The lighthouse keepers on the island are from Scotland, and so several Scottish terms are used. These words are defined in the book. — Excerpt/paragraph 1 from Ch. 1: — My Strange Home- — It was a strange day, the day that I was born. The w... more »aves were beating against the lighthouse, and the wind was roaring and raging against everything. Had not the lighthouse been built very firmly into the strong solid rock, it and all within it must have been swept into the deep, wild sea.« less