Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, winner of the Newbery Honor Award and Michael Prinze Award, is an historical fiction inspired by real events in turn-of-the-century Maine. It is an interesting read about a friendship between an free-spirited African-American girl, Lizzie Bright Griffin, and the new kid in town, Turner Buckminster, whose dad is the new minister and who is a convenient target for the local bullies. Lizzie shows Turner that life on Maine's rocky coast can be exciting and fun. Turner tries to help Lizzie and her family when their community, which was founded by freed slaves, is faced with eviction off the beautiful coastal island where they live because the town elders want to make the island a tourist resort.
Southerners are used to hearing about prejudice and discrimination set in the South. This story, set in the Northeast, makes an interesting contrast to stories like Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, which are set in the South. This book helps remind readers that prejudice is a national issue, not just a regional one.
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Southerners are used to hearing about prejudice and discrimination set in the South. This story, set in the Northeast, makes an interesting contrast to stories like Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, which are set in the South. This book helps remind readers that prejudice is a national issue, not just a regional one.
Edginess Factor 1
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