Age
11+
Grade
6+
Gary D. Schmidt
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
Hardcover
(Perfection Learning April 1, 2006)
Not only is Turner Buckminster the son of the new minister in a small Maine town, he is shunned for playing baseball differently than the local boys. Then he befriends smart and lively Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from Malaga Island, a poor community founded by former slaves. Lizzie shows Turner a new world along the Maine coast from digging clams to rowing a boat next to a whale. When the powerful town elders, including Turnerâs father, decide to drive the people off the island to set up a tourist business, Turner stands alone against them. He and Lizzie try to save her community, but thereâs a terrible price to pay for going against the tide.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
- ISBN
- 0756966256 / 9780756966256
- Weight
- 4.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.4 x 5.1
in.