Printz Honor 2005
Turner Buckminister III has just moved from Boston to Phippsburg, Maine where his father is going to be the minister at Phippsburg's First Congregational Church. Turner finds the towns' inhabitants to be inhospitable and unwelcoming. He finds solace in Lizzie Bright, a resident of the island of Malaga which is home to former slaves and their descendants. The towns people of Phippsburg see the inhabitants of Malaga to be a blemish on their town and they order them to leave. The elders of the town get Turner's father to stand with them, leaving Turner to defend Lizzie and her people alone.
This book would be good for middle school age kids. It's themes of injustice and tolerance interwoven with religion along with the historical elements of the story will pull kids in and give them food for thought.
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