Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy

Name: Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy
Author: Gary D. Schmidt

by Gary D. Schmidt

Friendship between white boy and black girl challenged by prejudice in early twentieth century

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Gary D. Schmidt

Gary D. Schmidt is an American author and professor known for Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy and The Wednesday Wars. His historical fiction for children deals with moral complexity.

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