- Published: New York : Clarion Books, c2004.
- Year Published: 2004
- Description: 219 p. ; 22 cm.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
Reading Level
- Lexile: 1000
ISBN/Standard Number
- 0375841695
- 0553494953 (pbk.)
- 0618439293 :
Series
Subjects
- Progress -- Fiction.
- Race relations -- Fiction.
- Moving, Household -- Fiction.
- Clergy -- Fiction.
- Maine -- Fiction. -- History -- 20th century
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Call number: Teen Fiction, Y Fiction , R Newbery Honor 2005, R Printz Honor 2005, Teen Fiction (Paperback), Y Fiction (Paperback)
Available Copies: Downtown Teen, Downtown Youth, Malletts Teen, West Youth
Additional Details
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.
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