Jamie O’Neill lives a normal life, except for the loss of one arm after bone cancer. He hasn’t spoken since the cancer took his arm and when Jamie’s mother receives a letter that tells her she has inherited a little house called the Lighthouse House in Ireland on Muck Island, he feels like his life might be making a turn for the better.
In Ireland, the Irish people call Jamie a lord, because he is a descendant of a long line of Irish kings, all of whom disappeared long ago. With his newfound Irish friend, Ramsay, Jamie explores an ancient lighthouse next to the Lighthouse House, which gives the House its name, and discovers a mystic artifact left by his ancestors. They are astonished to find out that the artifact, a gold key shaped object called the Salmon of Knowledge, is a key to another world in peril. On this world, they find that a girl on this other planet who speaks English, Old English. She, too, called Jamie ‘Lord Jamie,’ and Ramsay ‘Lord Ramsay.’ The girl introduced herself as Wishaway. Wishaway has been sent by her father to wait for the return of the ‘Lords Ui Neill,’ and Altair, her “city” on this world, has been visited once before by the Lords Ui Neill, maybe even twice.
Wishaway explains that her city is being attacked by the citizens of Alkhava, and is in desperate need of help. Jamie is determined to help her out. Suddenly, all people in these two cities fall ill. Ramsay has given them chicken pox!
On Earth, chicken pox is common, and people are somewhat used to it. But in this world, where the inhabitants aren’t adapted to it, it is fatal. The Salmon of Knowledge has altered Wishaway so that she is prepared for it, but what about her father and her friends? Jamie, Ramsay, and Wishaway must find a cure, and save this poor world.
I really like the book The Lighthouse Land, because it is about a boy just like us, only he finds this key that opens a wormhole to another world. It feels like the author, Adrian McKinty, really takes us back with Jamie, Ramsay, and Wishaway. This book feels almost real.
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