Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (Newbery Honor Book) |
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| Title: | Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy (Newbery Honor Book) |
| Author: | Gary D. Schmidt |
| Publisher: | Clarion Books |
| Type: | Book / Hardcover |
| Publication Date: | 24 May, 2004 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0618439293 / 9780618439294 |
| List Price: | $15.00 |
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| Amazon Price: | $10.55 |
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Product Description
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.
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• Lizzie Bright
05 April, 2009
It's hard to be a new kid in town. It's even harder if you're the minister's kid new to a God-fearing town. Well, that's exactly what happened to Turner Buckminster, the son of Reverend Buckminster. His first few days in Phippsburg, Maine are just a disaster: being teased at the local baseball game and not daring to jump into the ocean after all other kids have done so. When Turner was desperate to light out for the Territories, he met Lizzie Bright Griffin, a smart and nice African American girl who brightens up his world. However, Lizzie's happy life in Malaga is soon to be destroyed by the racist and greedy adults in Phippsburg, including Turner's father. To stop them from driving people off the island, Turner and Lizzie fight to save her family and community. Unfortunately, the consequences are tragic for this young couple of friends.
Although the story doesn't have a happy ending, its beautiful language and delightful moments make the novel enjoyable to read. Moreover, against the dark issues of racism and greed, the friendship and faith of Lizzie Bright and Turner brighten up the story and bring readers hope. Based on a true story, Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy has educational and inspiring themes. At the same time, its conversational language and easy-to-follow plot present elementary and middle school readers with very few challenges in understanding.
- Amazon Customer Review
• On A Par With To Kill A Mockingbird. A Must Read!
30 September, 2009
Once again Schmidt did it! He wrote an outstandingly beautiful book dealing with very complex, gritty issues.
This book was written before The Wednesday Wars and received the 1995 Newbery Honor award. It is particularly poignant, outstandingly breathtaking and incredibly tragic.
Based upon true occurrences of race-related issues in Phippsbubrg, Maine, the setting is the early 1900's wherein an interracial community of African Americans, who were rich in values and culture, but poor in financial means, eeked out a living on Malaga Island and, deemed as a blight on the land, were forcibly, cruelly evicted.
Enter Turner Buckminster III, son of the newly appointed pastor of the Congregationalist church, mix in a cast of characters who are ignorant and blatantly inadequate in human kindess, add delightful, spunky, enchanting, courageous African American Lizzie Bright Griffin, then stir the mix by adding a heaping tablespoon of contradictions of the Right Reverend Buckminster II, and the end result is a work of art beyond excellence.
Reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird, another award winning book portraying the scathing underbelly of racism, Schmidt unflinchingly deals with the hypocrisy of church going folk who sit in the Sunday pews singing the hymns while perpetrating evil on innocent people.
In a cruel, uncaring environment, Turner finds solace and is grounded by a special, forbidden friendship with Lizzie Bright.
As all around him throw stones which land like savage blows filled with hated words and actions in a quagmire of mucky mess, Turner takes the higher ground and walks the path where the waves lap the shores, where the lights are gentle and the cabins are filled with loving, kind African Americans who simply want to live in peace.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Sunshine Yellow Shutters And A Strawberry Red Door (4.5 Stars)
19 January, 2010
Turner Buckminster III is the son of the new minister in Phippsburg, Maine. It's 1912 and they don't play baseball the same way as in Boston. Nor do they appear to speak the same language. And as Turner seems to have no friends in Phippsburg, the number at the end of his name starts to feel more and more like prison bars, and he considers "lighting out for the territories." But then he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, the daughter of the preacher on Malaga Island, where lives a settlement of former slaves. Lizzie teaches him how to hit a Maine baseball, how to dig for clams, and how to row a boat. But being friendly with negroes is another thing frowned upon in Phippsburg, and when some influential town members decide the Malaga settlement must go to make room for a hotel to attract tourists, Turner finds himself at odds with lots of people, including his father.
Gary Schmidt has a beautiful way with words. He can put you right in his protagonist's shoes, make you feel their pain, and their happiness. You can smell the salty breeze and see the sun shining on a beautiful summer's day. My whole family loved The Wednesday Wars, and this is more of the same amazing writing, but this one is a little more serious. It's based on real events and deals with issues of racism and the ugly consequences, but is still an amazing book with characters you can easily relate to. We listened to the audio book read by Sam Freed, who does a fantastic job with the Maine accents.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Read It, Enjoyed It!
25 March, 2009
Gary Schmidt wrote a book that touched hearts. The topic subject was definitely sensitive and he touched on a lot of information. The story was often heartbreaking and devastating. It's disturbing that the story is true and definitely is a reality check. At the end of the day he exexcuted really well with this book!
By the way I read the paperback version!
- Amazon Customer Review
• Excellent Book
14 July, 2009
This book was purchased for middle school language arts classes to read. It is a vocabulary rich, well-written, poignant story about race, friendship, and standing up for what is right.
- Amazon Customer Review
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