Awwwwwwww Jules, this is beautiful! Thank you for featuring our time together. I will do it over and over again.
On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 8:42 AM julia.hathaway <julia.hathaway@maine.edu> wrote:
"Turner Buckminster had lived in Phippsburg, Maine for almost six whole hours.He didn't know how much longer he could stand it."What the protagonist of Gary Schmidt's Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, is having trouble standing is being the new minister's son in a small judgmental town where people have rigid expectations of him. And it isn't long before he's violating them.Malaga Island lies across a small stretch of water from Phippsburg. Originally settled over a century earlier by slaves, it's population has eked out a living peacefully since. The wealthy whites who run Phippsburg have always resented their proximity. Now they're planning to destroy their shanties. The shipbuilding that has fueled the town's prosperity is no longer viable. They see their salvation in luxury tourism. They see the presence of their poor Black neighbors as "a blight on the town's aspirations, a hopeless barrier to its future."Turner, coming from a much more liberal Boston, manages to shock the prudish town fathers from day one. He needs a place where he can breathe away from their prying eyes. When he meets vivacious Lizzie Bright and is welcomed by her Malaga community he knows that he's found it.But a storm is brewing and Turner has positioned himself right in the middle.There really was a Malaga Island whosefe inhabitants, both living and dead, were removed and their buildings burned.This highly engaging coming of agee narrative narrative will captivate and enlighten young readers.On a purrrsonal note, a few weeks ago I had made Eunice, one of my favorite classmates, and me matching necklaces at a student wellness event. I finally got to deliver it. She loved it and put it on. She treated me to lunch at the Bear's Den and I got to introduce her to Catherine and show her around Student Wellness. That was for sure quality time.A great big shout out goes out to Eunice.Jules HathawaySent from my U.S.Cellular© Smartphone
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