Description Set in 1912 and centered on a historical event, the moving and compelling coming-of-age story of Turner, a white minister\'s son who discovers joy through his friendship with a black girl, Lizzie, and who finds his own strength and voice after painful losses transform his life In this powerful and moving novel, Turner Buckminster, a preacher\'s son newly arrived in in Phippsburg, Maine, meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a strong, spirited black girl from M.
Description Set in 1912 and centered on a historical event, the moving and compelling coming-of-age story of Turner, a white minister\'s son who discovers joy through his friendship with a black girl, Lizzie, and who finds his own strength and voice after painful losses transform his life In this powerful and moving novel, Turner Buckminster, a preacher\'s son newly arrived in in Phippsburg, Maine, meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a strong, spirited black girl from M
