It only takes a few hours for Turner Buckminster to start hating Phippsburg, Maine. No one in town will let him forget that he's a minister's son, even if he doesn't act like one. But then he meets Lizzie Bright Griffin, a smart and sassy girl from a poor nearby island community founded by former slaves. Despite his father's-and the town's-disapproval of their friendship, Turner spends time with Lizzie, and it opens up a whole new world to him, filled with the mystery and wonder of Maine's rocky coast. The two soon discover that the town elders, along with Turner's father, want to force the people to leave Lizzie's island so that Phippsburg can start a lucrative tourist trade there. Turner gets caught up in a spiral of disasters that alter his life-but also lead him to new levels of acceptance and maturity. This sensitively written historical novel, based on the true story of a community's destruction, highlights a unique friendship during a time of change.
如果你有一位严肃刻板的父亲，你不被允许在街上又蹦又跳，不能赤脚坐在窗台上，不能说“该死的”，你会怎么办？如果你喜欢和善良可爱的小女孩一起打棒球、挖蛤蜊、观海潮，但她却是个黑人，你会怎么办？如果你喜欢小岛上淳朴的人们，但你家镇子上有权有势的人却要把他们赶走，以便赚钱牟利，你又会怎么办？十四岁的特纳走到了人生中的十字路口。面对友情与亲情、自由与规矩、纯真与利益、良知与种族，他会做出怎样的选择呢？
By Gary D. Schmidt, Paperback, Simplified Chinese Character, 263 pages, 8.26"x5.9"
