Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster boy

Locations
Call Number: R Newbery Honor 2005, R Printz Honor 2005, Y Fiction / Schmidt, Gary, Kids Book / Fiction / Historical / Schmidt, Gary
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Kids Reference 0-week checkout	R Newbery Honor 2005	0-week checkout	Library Use Only
Downtown Kids Reference 0-week checkout	R Printz Honor 2005	0-week checkout	Library Use Only
Downtown Kids Books 4-week checkout	Y Fiction / Schmidt, Gary	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Fiction / Historical / Schmidt, Gary	4-week checkout	On Shelf

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.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

tragic to the core submitted by camelsamba on June 22, 2015, 5:15pm Based on true events, this story is a tragedy through and through. The writing is lyrical and beautiful, but the story is hard to endure.

I'm reading this aloud to my youngest (recently turned 12) and although we haven't quite finished it, I did read ahead one night after he'd fallen asleep. It's definitely more YA than middle grades. And it's difficult for me to explain why, but it's hard to read aloud (sometimes hard to convey what segments are Turner thinking/remembering - e.g. the "I almost touched a whale", etc.).