
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster boy2004
About this book
In 1911, Turner Buckminster hates his new home of Phippsburg, Maine, but things improve when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from a poor, nearby island community founded by former slaves that the town fathers--and Turner's--want to change into a tourist spot.
Details
- First published
- 2004
- OL Work ID
- OL1922921W
Subjects
Race relationsFictionMoving, HouseholdClergyHousehold MovingProgressHistoryReading Level-Grade 5Reading Level-Grade 7Reading Level-Grade 6Reading Level-Grade 8Juvenile fictionMovingHistorical fictionNewbery HonorChildren's fictionMaine, fictionFriendship, fiction