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Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy: A Newbery Honor Award Winner

By Gary D. Schmidt

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…

Release Date
2004
Length
232 pages
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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.

Author

Gary D. Schmidt