Oh Gary D. Schmidt-how do I love thee, let me count the ways.Oh Gary D. Schmidt-how do I love thee, let me count the ways.WORST BOOK EVER.

It was brilliant in every respect.

This novel is also beautifully written, and nature becomes as much a character as do the humans. Every character, big or small, feels fully human. The book isn't long but it packs a huge punch and it is so beautifully written - as I've come to expect from Gary. He learns to stand up for himself, even when it went against his parents' wishes.

But besides that, there's isn't much… anything, in fact, to complain about.

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It wasn't terrible, I just found it terribly boring.

Wonderful!Wow, this was good.

The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of 219 pages and is available in Paperback format. It's got wonderful wit, great writing, real characters, numbing poignancy… I could just go on and on. Schmidt weaves themes of not fitting in and racism and exclusion and grief all into one season of Turner Buckminster's life.

Here he goes back to 1912, just as successfully. It was very sad, and I'm not sure how well a child would deal with that.I did not intend to like this book, I must admit.

I loved this book.Although this book had a slow start at the beginning, the last couple of meetings we had really hooked me in, and this book deserved at least a three or four star rating in my opinion. He has dipped his hands in its waves, smelled the sharp scent of its pine trees. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes historical fiction.

And there is nothing more woeful and soul-saddening than when they are parted...everything in the world rejoices in the touch, and everything in the world laments in the losing.”

I thought maybe Orbiting Jupiter was his most tragic book...but no. The characters were mostly stock characters though, which was disappointing. Turner becomes friends with Lizzie Bright who is from a poor island community founded by former slaves.

Then he befriends smart and lively Lizzie Bright Griffin, a girl from Malaga Island, a poor community founded by former slaves. Yep, a New England community of freed slaves and their children were ousted from their homes so that the view wouldn't be spoiled. Gary D. Schmidt is an American children's writer of nonfiction books and young adult novels, including two Newbery Honor books.

In 'The Wednesday Wars', Schmidt visited the Vietnam War era. I actually fell asleep twice while reading it, and almost fell asleep a bunch more times throughout. In terms of sadness and tragedy, this one throws that one out of the water. I also didn't like the ending. Turner doesn't hit it off with the local boys, but one day when beachcombing he meets Lizzie Bright--one of the young AfrThis is a young adult novel that I've been hearing about for the last year.

Depending on the study guide provider (SparkNotes, Shmoop, etc.

Also there were too many deaths!

I actually fell asleep twice while reading it, and almost fell asleep a bunch more times throughout. It is interesting to watch the growth of the characters as they face adversity.

As he develops relationships with Lizzie and others from the town, he faces prejudice and other social difficulties. He has dipped his hands in its waves, smelled the sharp scent of its pine trees. It's not much of a positive idea to leave impressionable young adults with. The main character, Turner, learns a lot from his father, his mother, Darwin, and the girl he meets on Malaga Island, Lizzie Bright. For the sake of the reader's health, this book needs to be taken down on all book shops across the globe and even online. Great character development. He has looked out at the sea.

It was the book that did not really pull you in and you just wanted to abandon it. Because it's not actually very sweet.

That description hardly says *anything* about the book. My first Printz Award book for this class. In 1912, Turner Buckminster and his parents have just moved to Phippsburg, Maine.

In 1912, Turner Buckminster and his parents have just moved to Phippsburg, Maine. The island that Turner fights for falls victim to the clutches of the town elders. How to turn your presentation into a video with Prezi Video; July 31, 2020.

He is a Professor of English at Calvin College.“Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches.”“The world turns and the world spins, the tide runs in and the tide runs out, and there is nothing in the world more beautiful and more wonderful in all its evolved forms than two souls who look at each other straight on. At least half of this book is just description, and most of it not essential description, or at least it felt like it to me.

But calling 'Lizzie Bright' an historical novel, though it is based on real events, is too limiting.

I want everyone I know to read it --it's that good. And the ending where the author goes on about how creatures in their evolved form are sad when they're separated, I thought, "if we're just mistakes and worthless freaks of nature that happened to evolve, what basis do we have for sadness and why do we feel it if we're just like every other animal?" In 'The Wednesday Wars', Schmidt visited the Vietnam War era. I will still need to do so for a long time to come.

The characters were mostly stock characters though, which was disappointing. This book is beautiful, and just when I thought I had it completely figured out, it surprised me.

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