M.C. Higgins, the great : with connections

M.C. Higgins, the great : with connections / Virginia Hamilton.

Author/creator	Hamilton, Virginia, 1934-2002
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Austin : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1999?]
Description	319 pages ; 22 cm.
Subject(s)	African Americans--Juvenile fiction. Families--Ohio --Juvenile fiction. Mountain life--Ohio --Juvenile fiction. African Americans--Fiction. Bildungsromans. Families--Ohio --Fiction. Mountain life--Ohio --Fiction. Ohio--Juvenile fiction. Ohio--Fiction.

Series	HRW library HRW library. ^A470964
Contents	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).
Abstract	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.
General note	Novel, followed by narratives and excerpts from related stories and a biographical sketch of the author.
Awards note	Newbery Medal, 1975
LCCN	2001269178
ISBN	0030546567

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	TRC Fiction	F H1808MC.A	✔ Available	Place Hold