num_pages: 224
description: A 2005 Newbery Honor BookIt only takes a few hours for Turner Buckminster to start hating Phippsburg, Maine. No one in town will let him forget that he's a minister's son, even if he doesn't act like one. But then he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a smart and sassy girl from a poor nearby island community founded by former slaves. Despite his father's-and the town's-disapproval of their friendship, Turner spends time with Lizzie, and it opens up a whole new world to him, filled with the mystery and wonder of Maine's rocky coast. The two soon discover that the town elders, along with Turner's father, want to force the people to leave Lizzie's island so that Phippsburg can start a lucrative tourist trade there. Turner gets caught up in a spiral of disasters that alter his life-but also lead him to new levels of acceptance and maturity. This sensitively written historical novel, based on the true story of a community's destruction, highlights a unique friendship during a time of change. Author's note.
language: English
title: Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
titlecomplete: Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (Newbery Honor Book)
genres: Fiction, Historical, Coming Of Age, Juvenile, Teen, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 10204
places: Phippsburg, Maine, Malaga Island, Maine, Maine
awards: awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Michael L. Printz Award, awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: Michigan Library Association Thumbs Up! Award
publisher: Clarion Books