Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy: A Newbery Honor Award Winner Contributor(s): Schmidt, Gary D. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0358206391 ISBN-13: 9780358206392 Publisher: Clarion Books OUR PRICE: $7.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Prejudice & Racism - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - African-american - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Friendship |
Dewey: FIC |
Lexile Measure: 1000 |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 7.6" (0.40 lbs) 256 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Friendship - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Chronological Period - 1900-1919 - Ethnic Orientation - Multicultural - Geographic Orientation - Maine - Cultural Region - New England - Sex & Gender - Boy's Interest - Sex & Gender - Girl's Interest - Topical - Boy's Interest - Topical - Girl's Interest |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 78550 Reading Level: 5.9 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 10.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A 2005 Newbery Honor Book It 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Schmidt, Gary D.: - Gary D. Schmidt is the best-selling author of Pay Attention, Carter Jones; Orbiting Jupiter; the Newbery Honor and Printz Honor book Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy; the Newbery Honor book The Wednesday Wars; and Okay for Now. He is a professor of English at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. |