Read the excerpt from Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.And that was how Lizzie saw him as she came up the coast: his back to her, wearing a white shirt fit for glory, throwing rocks up into the air and swinging at them with a piece of driftwoodIf she had figured he had come for a place to breathe, she might have been more understanding—even if she had wondered about him some. If she had figured he was absolutely and completely crazy, she would have let him be. But as far as she knew, he was standing with his left leg forward on her shore, in a place where she had come to clam and to breathe. It was as if he were telling her to move on.And she had had enough of that.
At the end of Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy, why does Reverend Buckminster side with the Phippsburg townspeople against the people of Malaga Island?
At which point does the author develop the conflict between the people of Phippsburg and those of Malaga Island in Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy?
Which details of daily life in coastal Maine hint that the story takes place in a past era? Select two answers.
Read the excerpt from Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy."Gentlemen," said Reverend Buckminster slowly, "there clearly are real dangers I had not anticipated." He looked at Turner, and Turner saw in his eyes—distrust. "Perhaps the Lord is leading you in your efforts. And if so, then what else could the minister of First Congregational say but that he is with you in this?""That, Reverend, is what we came to ask," said Mr. Stonecrop. "And it will not be long before Phippsburg is free from this sordidness, and we can start to rebuild ourselves. Someday soon, the settlement on Malaga Island will be no more.
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