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I did not intend to like this book, I must admit. The hardcover cover illustration was . . . well, off-putting for me, and I'm really glad they did something new, because this is a book not to be missed. Based on true events, it's the story of a preacher's son who befriends a free black girl, on the eve of her community being destroyed to make way for a resort. Yep, a New England community of freed slaves and their children were ousted from their homes so that the view wouldn't be spoiled. But m
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Turner Buckminster has lived in Phippsburg, Maine for almost six whole hours. He has dipped his hands in its waves, smelled the sharp scent of its pine trees. He has looked out at the sea. Turner has even seen the clapboard parsonage beside the church his father will minister now that they are no longer in Boston and the small house beyond whose function he could not yet fathom (and soon enough would not believe).
Six whole hours in Maine.
He didn't know how much longer he could stand it.
After a d ...more
Six whole hours in Maine.
He didn't know how much longer he could stand it.
After a d ...more
The friendship between a preacher's son and a black girl in 1912 Maine is tested by the prejudice of the townspeople. Great character development. It was good, but I wouldn't have given it a Newbery honor book award.
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Jul 30, 2007
Laura
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Much better historical fiction than I'd anticipated: the plot rang true (for the most part) as did the characters. I think younger readers will be surprised that such things were happening in the "enlightened North" in the early 1900s. There was a little more people not-seeming-to-be-who-they-were than I like (kinda like in Pollyanna) but otherwise a good book for my MS students.
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Depressing, but true to the times.
I love the characters, i love Turner, I love how delicately and deftly various themes and conflicts are presented and handled, i love the STORY.
i was sobbing at the end. ridiculous how crazy it was.
i'm glad there's books like these for young adults, and I hope they read them, get past the antiquity / strangeness / otherness of something that's not current or full of splash and pizazz.. and learn to appreciate lessons that transcend time and space.
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i was sobbing at the end. ridiculous how crazy it was.
i'm glad there's books like these for young adults, and I hope they read them, get past the antiquity / strangeness / otherness of something that's not current or full of splash and pizazz.. and learn to appreciate lessons that transcend time and space.
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Dec 10, 2007
Chelsea
marked it as to-read
Jan 24, 2010
katie
marked it as to-read
Aug 30, 2011
Holly
marked it as to-read
