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Bibliography: Schmidt, Gary D. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy . New York: Clarion Books, 2004. ISBN 9780618439294 Plot Summary: Reverend Buckminster uprooted his wife and son, Turner from Boston in order to move to Phippsburg, Maine. Turner was not happy about the move at all, especially because he was having such a hard time in the small town of Phippsburg. He wasn't able to hit a baseball pitched in Maine. He couldn't make himself jump off a cliff into the ocean. He was busted by angry Mrs. Cobb for accidentally hitting her fence with the rock he threw. It seemed like he couldn't do anything right and everyone hated him. Everyone with the exception of Lizzie Bright Griffin. He met her on the beach. She lived on Malaga Island with her Grandaddy, Preacher Griffin. The problem was that the townspeople of Phippsburg wanted to clear Malaga Island off to make it look inviting for tourists. Critical Analysis: The Buckminster family moved from Boston to Phip...

Bibliography: Cushamn, Karen. The Midwife's Apprentice . New York: Clarion Books, 1995. ISBN 9780395692295 Cushman, Karen. The Midwife's Apprentice . Scholastic, n.d. www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/karen-cushman-interview-transcript/ Plot Summary: A homeless girl was sleeping in dung to stay warm. A midwife woke her to see if she was alive and ask her to leave the village. Naturally, the bullies of the fourteenth century began to call her dung beetle. Jane called her Beetle. This is not much different from being called brat. The poor girl was begging for food. She was able to convince the midwife to give her food and shelter in exchange for helping her with chores. The girl befriended a stray cat that went everywhere she went. The cat was her only friend. Dung Beetle, who later wanted to be called Alyse, never felt she belonged anywhere. She felt like she did not matter until she learned how to be a midwife. She struggled through learning. Sh...

Biblioigraphy: Gantos, Jack. Dead End in Norvelt . New York: Farrar Stratus Giroux, 2011.                   ISBN 9780374379933 Wilson, Laura. " Jack Gantos-Dead End in Norvelt Interview 2011 ." Youtube/ Macmillan Audio.                            https://youtu.be/neiTB_YvTPo Plot Summary: Jack Gantos, through no fault of his own, was grounded for the entire summer. Well, almost no fault of his own. His mother would not let him do anything but chores and help Mrs. Volker. She had arthritis and needed help typing obituaries for the original community of Norvelt. Writing obituaries seemed boring at first, until the deaths started happening unusually fast. Jack and Mrs.Volker had a mystery on their hands. Jack had an eventful and frustrating summer. He struggled between frequent nose bleeds, almost losing a friend, no baseball, and trying to make both parents happy...