The book lizzie griffin and the buckminster boy is a novel about a black girl and a white boy. They connect with each other the moment they speak to one another. They both have their similarities like their father figures where lizzie's is her grand daddy but turners is his real dad. Willis and his dad are similar to turner's relationship, but the deacon has less expectations for his son and lets him do things that a normal child would do. Unlike where turner's dad is not letting him have a child hood and turner has to be a grown up now and be a spitting image of his father. Turner's dad is a little more strict and he makes turner grow up way too fast. He has the perfect child to make a good impression on the new town they moved to. Turner
