Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, published by Clarion Books, is a 2004 historical fiction book by Gary D. Schmidt. The book received the Newbery Honor in 2005 and was selected as a Michael L. Printz Honor that same year. A historical novel is a novel in which the story is set among historical events, or more generally, where the time the action takes place in predates the time of the first publication -- distinguish and contrast the genre of alternate history. ... Gary D. Schmidt, born in 1957, is an American childrens writer of nonfiction books as well as some novels, the most notable being Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, winner of the 2005 Newbery Honor citation. ... The following is a list of Newbery Honor books, in reverse chronological order: // Recent winners 2006 Whittington by Alan Armstrong (Random House) Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitlers Shadow by Susan Campbell Bartoletti (Scholastic Nonfiction, an imprint of Scholastic) Princess Academy by Shannon Hale (Bloomsbury Childrens Books) Show...

The book is set in 1912. Turner Buckminster, the son of a minister, has just moved from Boston, Massachusetts to Phippsburg, Maine and is constantly being teased for simple misunderstandings. Then he meets an African-American girl, Lizzie Bright Griffin, who offers to become his friend just before the town decides to kick her out. Nickname: City on the Hill, Beantown, The Hub (of the Universe)1 Location in Massachusetts, USA Counties Suffolk County Mayor Thomas M. Menino (D) Area    - City 232. ... Phippsburg is a town located in Sagadahoc County, Maine. ...

The book was based on a real event: In 1912, Phippsburgians decided to put the residents of Malaga Island in a mental hospital and clear the land to put up hotels.