Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy |
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| Author:
| Schmidt, Gary D. |
| Read by:
| Freed, Sam |
| ISBN: | 978-0-307-28183-8 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2005 |
| Publisher: | Random House Audio Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Listening Library |
| Book Format: | CD-Audio |
| List Price: | USD $34.00 |
Book Description:
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Not only is Turner Buckminster the son of the new minister in a small Maine town, he is shunned for playing baseball differently than the local boys. Then he befriends smart and lively Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from Malaga Island, a poor community founded by former slaves. Lizzie shows Turner a new world along the Maine coast from digging clams to rowing a boat next to a whale. When the powerful town elders, including Turner’s father, decide to drive the people off the island...
More DescriptionNot only is Turner Buckminster the son of the new minister in a small Maine town, he is shunned for playing baseball differently than the local boys. Then he befriends smart and lively Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from Malaga Island, a poor community founded by former slaves. Lizzie shows Turner a new world along the Maine coast from digging clams to rowing a boat next to a whale. When the powerful town elders, including Turner’s father, decide to drive the people off the island to set up a tourist business, Turner stands alone against them. He and Lizzie try to save her community, but there’s a terrible price to pay for going against the tide.
From the Trade Paperback edition.