false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172342435m/165856.jpg 165856 7 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 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. 636261 2004 Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy total:821|5:12|4:20|3:9|2:6|1:0| 821 3305 1159 233 5 4 false false Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 19:44:25 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 09:04:07 -0700 2009
Okay..Here's the "more soon" part. This book won the Printz Award, and I really like how they describe their criteria for ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Mon Mar 17 17:59:38 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 24 17:17:43 -0700 2008 3 2 false false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Sep 02 20:43:03 -0700 2007 Sat Jan 19 10:02:53 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Sun Aug 17 03:22:51 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 17 12:47:36 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 16:21:59 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 23 16:43:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Nov 10 08:34:01 -0800 2007 Sat Nov 10 08:34:26 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 12 20:55:32 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 20:55:42 -0700 2009

Turner Buckminster is the new kid in town, and it's not going well. He's a...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Feb 11 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 17:28:52 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 18:41:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 07 22:43:42 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 28 13:31:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 17:06:53 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 15:30:41 -0800 2009
A minister's son, Turner Ernest Buckminster, moves to Phippsburg, Maine, from Boston. He hates everything about the place all summer until he meets Lizzie ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 12:37:34 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 15:47:14 -0700 2009
In this book, Turner learns that adults don't always do the right thing, but that doesn't stop his attempts to do so.

Thinking back on it, the book could be seen as heavy on the lessons, but the story was about Turner learning them, and they we...more...]]> 5 0 false true Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 06:29:07 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 19 06:29:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 08:57:57 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 12:32:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 14:34:42 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 13:23:07 -0800 2009
Throughout the entire novel I was perplexed as to the period the story was allegedly set: is ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 17 13:12:11 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 13:20:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 08:54:57 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 10:44:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri Nov 21 20:33:31 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 20:33:49 -0800 2008 Slow beginning and middle. Picks up a little in the last 1/4, but not enough to make up for the other 3/4. The book tries to teach a message, but it takes so long in getting there that its a little bit anti-climatic once it does come.]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Wed Jun 24 16:33:29 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 16:43:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 28 12:39:32 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 28 12:39:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 11:11:03 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 09 10:04:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=165856