Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster

Boy By: Gary D. Schmidt

Power Point by Linnea

Characters

Lizzie Bright-Lizzie was very open-minded , adventurous and nice. She was also African American and lived on Malaga Island.

Turner Buckminster-Turner was the minister’s son which meant he was watched every second and had to have very good manners.

Mrs. Hurd-Mrs.Hurd was an older friend of Turners and is very friendly.

Mrs. Cobb-Mrs Cobb was an old lady that seemed very mean but was nice by the end.

My favorite character was Lizzie Bright because she was very nice and a good friend.

Plot

The plot of the book is very slow moving. This is the order of what happened in the story.

#1 Turner moves to Maine. #2 He meets Mrs. Cobb, Mrs. Hurd and Lizzie Bright. Lizzie Bright is his first friend. #3 Lizzie and Turner play on Malaga Island where Lizzie lives. #4 Lizzie gets hurt and Turner tries to take her to his house for help. #5 The town people were not happy that Turner was friends with a Negro. #6 The town people take all of the Negroes off Malaga Island and take them to the asylum. #7 Turner’s dad get hurt trying to help the Negroes and soon dies. #8 Lizzie Bright dies at the asylum. #9 Turner and his mother move into Mrs. Cobb’s house which she left to Turner when she died.

Setting

The main setting is in Main and Malaga Island.

Problem

Turner moves into a new town and meets Lizzie Bright. They become friends but the town is trying to get all the Negros out of the island. (Lizzie is a Negro.)

The towns problem is that they want the Negros out of Malaga Island.

Soultion

Turner does not get his way in the book the Negros get sent to asylum and Lizzie dies.

The town seems to get there way and the Negros get sent to the asylum.