Read the excerpt from Lizzie Bright and the
Buckminster Boy
He had seen the island from the far ledges, standing
with his father and Sheriff Elwell and Deacon Hurd and
everyone else important in the town. A stony beach, a
stony ledge or two, some pines-a few toppled over
with their heads in the water, a few tilted, most of them
still straight. There had seemed nothing on the island
that would set anyone but a gull to wishing that he
could live there.
But coming on it now, from the water, with Lizzie
stroking and angling her way to the point, Turner felt as
if he was on the brink of a discovery.... Tumer felt the
world moving slowly and anciently beneath him, and he
began to sway back and forth with the waves, with the
trees, with the rolling globe itself.
This excerpt highlights the conflict between
O the Phippsburg townspeople, who do not think much
of Malaga Island, and Turner, who comes to love the
island.
O Turner's father, the sheriff, and the deacon, who all
have opposing views of Malaga Island.
O the townspeople who live on the side of Phippsburg
facing Malaga Island and the townspeople who live
on the other side of the town.
O Turner, who lives in the town of Phippsburg, and
Lizzie Bright, who lives with her grandfather on
Malaga Island.
