Originally published: New York : Clarion Books, 2004.
Summary
Turner Buckminster hates his new home of Phippsburg, Maine, but things improve when he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from a poor island community founded by slaves that the town fathers want to change into a tourist spot.
Awards
Newbery Honor Book, 2005.
Michael L. Printz Honor for Excellence in Young Adult Literature, 2005.