Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

ItonlytakesafewhoursforTurnerBuckminstertostarthatingPhippsburg,Maine.Nooneintownwilllethimforgetthathe'saminister'sson,evenifhedoesn'tactlikeone.ButthenhemeetsLizzieBrightGriffin,asmartandsassygirlfromapoornearbyislandcommunityfoundedbyformerslaves.Despitehisfather's-andthetown's-disapprovaloftheirfriendship,TurnerspendstimewithLizzie,anditopensupawholenewworldtohim,filledwiththemysteryandwonderofMaine'srockycoast.
Thetwosoondiscoverthatthetownelders,alongwithTurner'sfather,wanttoforcethepeopletoleaveLizzie'sislandsothatPhippsburgcanstartalucrativetouristtradethere.Turnergetscaughtupinaspiralofdisastersthatalterhislife-butalsoleadhimtonewlevelsofacceptanceandmaturity.
Thissensitivelywrittenhistoricalnovel,basedonthetruestoryofacommunity'sdestruction,highlightsauniquefriendshipduringatimeofchange.Author'snote.