- 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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printz honor book 2005 newbery honor book maine friendship newbery honor book whale teen fiction ALA Notable Children's Books 2005 race relations lizzie bright newberry honor book turner buckminster michigan author michigan authors printz honor book 2005 local author newbery honor Thumbs Up! Honor Book 2005 best book for young adults gary d. schmidt historical fiction malaga island fiction phippsburg YALSA newbery clergy teen
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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 Youth, Malletts Teen, Malletts Youth, Pittsfield Youth, 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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