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Key ideas from the book
- Turner’s friendship with Lizzie challenges the expectations placed on him as a minister’s son.
- The island community’s future is threatened by Phippsburg’s plans for a tourist trade.
- The story is based on the true destruction of a community founded by former slaves.
- Turner’s experiences lead him toward greater acceptance and maturity.
- The Maine coast and its nearby island community form the setting for a story of change.
About Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt
Set in Phippsburg, Maine, this historical novel follows Turner Buckminster, the minister’s son, and Lizzie Bright Griffin, who belongs to a nearby island community founded by former slaves. Their friendship draws Turner into a world beyond the town’s expectations of him.
When Phippsburg’s elders seek to remove the island’s residents to develop a tourist trade, Turner becomes caught in the conflict. Based on the true story of a community’s destruction, the novel considers friendship, displacement, and the changes that lead Turner toward greater acceptance and maturity.
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