Not only is Turner Buckminster the son of the new minister in a small Maine town, he is shunned for playing baseball differently than the local boys. Then he befriends smart and lively Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from Malaga Island, a poor community founded by former slaves. Lizzie shows Turner a new world along the Maine coast from digging clams to rowing a boat next to a whale. When the powerful town elders, including Turner’s father, decide to drive the people off the island to set up a tourist business, Turner stands alone against them. He and Lizzie try to save her community, but there’s a terrible price to pay for going against the tide.
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| Author | Gary D. Schmidt |
| Narrator | Sam Freed |
| ISBN | 9780307207265 |
| Length | 6 hours 48 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Publication Date | April 12, 2005 |
| Edition | Unabridged |
| Libro.fm Rank | #90,941 Overall |
| Genre Rank | #4,778 in Young Adult |