Answer: It is effective because the reader is able to better understand how young people are experiencing the racial conflict between Phippsburg and Malaga.
Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy is a novel by Gary D. Schmidt published in 2004. The book describes how the government of Maine put the residents of Malaga Island in a mental hospital and razed their homes. The book also discusses the social interactions and conflicts of people from different races at the time. By telling the stories from the perspective of children, we gain insight as to how these conflicts affected the young.
