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Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy : A Newbery Honor Award Winner by Gary D. Schmidt (2020, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100358206391
ISBN-139780358206392
eBay Product ID (ePID)26038283148
Product Key Features
Book TitleLizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy : a Newbery Honor Award Winner
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2020
TopicHistorical / United States / General, Social Themes / Friendship, Social Themes / Emotions & Feelings, Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
AuthorGary D. Schmidt
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight12.1 Oz
Item Length7.6 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Gloriously figurative language...brilliantly evokes both time and place...both beautiful and emotionally honest, both funny and piercingly sad." Kirkus Reviews, Starred "a powerful tale of friendship and coming-of-age...haunting combination of fact and fiction has a powerful and tragic climax." Booklist, ALA, Starred Review "an evocative novel...with fully developed, memorable characters...fascinating, little-known piece of history...will leave a powerful impression on readers." School Library Journal, Starred "Schmidt fictionalizes a true event... vividly realized...fully credible...subtly drawn." THE BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) "historical incident ignites a rich novel...a drama that examines the best and worst of humanity." HORN BOOK Horn Book, "Gloriously figurative language...brilliantly evokes both time and place...both beautiful and emotionally honest, both funny and piercingly sad." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "A powerful tale of friendship and coming-of-age...haunting combination of fact and fiction has a powerful and tragic climax." -- Booklist (starred review) "An evocative novel...with fully developed, memorable characters...fascinating, little-known piece of history...will leave a powerful impression on readers." -- School Library Journal (starred review) "Schmidt fictionalizes a true event... vividly realized...fully credible...subtly drawn." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "Historical incident ignites a rich novel...a drama that examines the best and worst of humanity." -- Horn Book Magazine, "Gloriously figurative language...brilliantly evokes both time and place...both beautiful and emotionally honest, both funny and piercingly sad." Kirkus Reviews, Starred "a powerful tale of friendship and coming-of-age...haunting combination of fact and fiction has a powerful and tragic climax." Booklist, ALA, Starred Review "an evocative novel...with fully developed, memorable characters...fascinating, little-known piece of history...will leave a powerful impression on readers." School Library Journal, Starred "Schmidt fictionalizes a true event... vividly realized...fully credible...subtly drawn." THE BULLETIN OF THE CENTER FOR CHILDREN'S BOOKS Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books VOYA (Voice of Youth Advocates) "historical incident ignites a rich novel...a drama that examines the best and worst of humanity." HORN BOOK Horn Book --
Grade FromFifth Grade
Grade ToSeventh Grade
Dewey DecimalFIC
SynopsisA 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., A moving coming-of-age story of a white minister's son who discovers joy through his friendship with a black girl and finds strength after painful losses transform his life., Set in 1912 and centered on a historical event, the moving and compelling coming-of-age story of Turner, a white minister's son who discovers joy through his friendship with a black girl, Lizzie, and who finds his own strength and voice after painful losses transform his life In this powerful and moving novel, Turner Buckminster, a preacher's son newly arrived in in Phippsburg, Maine, meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a strong, spirited black girl from Malaga Island, a nearby island community founded by former slaves. All of Phippsburg, especially Turner's repressive father, disapprove of their friendship, but Turner ignores them; Lizzie is the wisest, most knowledgeable person he ever met. On top of knowing everything, she can row a boat and pitch a baseball like a champ. The town's move to turn the island into a tourist attraction destroys the powerless community, a historical event that occurred in 1912. It is the catalyst for a wave of personal losses that shakes Turner's world but leaves him whole. With a new introduction by the author and author's note.
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