Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy is a young adult historical novel by Gary D. Schmidt published by Clarion Books in 2004.

In 1912, the government of Maine put the residents of Malaga Island in a mental hospital and tore up their homes.

Turner Buckminster, a minister's son, has just moved from Boston, Massachusetts to Phippsburg, Maine and is constantly being scolded for simple misunderstandings, not to mention being automatically disliked by the boys of Phippsburg for being bad at baseball.

Turner meets a black girl, Lizzie Bright Griffin, who becomes friends with him, despite his difficulty with social situations.

Turner tries to save Lizzie's family and friends before they all must leave, or worse, get put into an insane asylum in New Gloucester, Maine (where they do eventually end up).