M.C. Higgins, the Great

Discover this transcendent middle grade masterpiece about a young black boy whose quiet rural live in the Appalachian Mountains begins to change--winner of the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.

Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah's Mountain. Stretched before him are rolling hills and shady valleys. But behind him lie the wounds of strip mining, including a mountain of rubble that may one day fall and bury his home.

M.C. dreams of escape for himself and his family. And, one day, atop his pole, he thinks he sees it--two strangers are making their way toward Sarah's Mountain. One has the ability to make M.C.'s mother famous. And the other has the kind of freedom that M.C. has never even considered.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 09/01/1999
ISBN: 9780689830747
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.34h x 6.35w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 79 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2000 pg. 79 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 125 / M.C. Higgins, the Great
Reading Level: 4.4 / Interest Level: Middle Grade / Point Value: 10