Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster boy

Resource Information

The work Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster boy represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.

Label

Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster boy

Statement of responsibility

by Gary D. Schmidt

Creator

• trueSchmidt, Gary D

Subject

• trueMaine -- History -- 20th century
• trueMoving to a new state
• Moving, Household -- Juvenile fiction
• truePoor girls
• Progress -- Juvenile fiction
• trueRace relations
• Race relations -- Juvenile fiction
• trueRacism
• trueTeenage boys
• trueThirteen-year-old boys
• trueAfrican American girls
• trueAssertiveness (Psychology)
• trueAssertiveness in teenage boys
• trueChildren of clergy
• Clergy -- Juvenile fiction
• trueFathers and sons
• Interpersonal relations -- Juvenile fiction
• trueInterracial friendship
• Maine -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction

Genre

• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

Summary

In 1911, Turner Buckminster hates his new home of Phippsburg, Maine, but things improve when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from a poor, nearby island community founded by former slaves that the town fathers--and Turner's--want to change into a tourist spot

Storyline

• trueCharacter-driven

Tone

• trueMoving
• trueHaunting
• trueStrong sense of place
• trueMelancholy

Writing style

• trueStylistically complex
• trueDescriptive

Award

• ALA Notable Children's Book, 2005
• YALSA Best Books for Young Adults, 2005
• School Library Journal Best Books, 2004.

Awards note

Newbery Medal, 2005.

Dewey number

[Fic]

Index

no index present

Intended audience

1000L

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

MG

Literary form

novels

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 6
• 9

Reading level

5.9

Study program name

Accelerated Reader

Target audience

juvenile