M.C. Higgins, the great : with connections / Virginia Hamilton.
Record details
- ISBN: 0030546567
- Physical Description: 319 p. ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: Austin : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1999?]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Novel, followed by narratives and excerpts from related stories and a biographical sketch of the author. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Connections: The banana tree (short story) / by James Berry -- Father (personal memoir) / by Gary Soto -- My mother pieced quilts (poem) / by Teresa Palomo Acosta -- Runaway! (historical essay) from North star to freedom: the story of the Underground Railroad / by Gena K. Gorrell -- Dreams (poem) ; Dream dust (poem) ; As I grew older (poem) / by Langston Hughes -- The war of the wall (short story) / by Toni Cade Bambara -- Virginia Hamilton (biographical sketch). |
Summary, etc.: | As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills, fifteen-year-old M.C. is torn between trying to get his family away and fighting for the home they love. |
Awards Note: | Newbery Medal, 1975. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Howard Whittemore Library - Naugatuck | J HAMILTON (Text) | 34027094521898 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
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