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M.C. Higgins, the great ; with, Connections / Virginia Hamilton.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0030546567
- ISBN: 9780030546563
- Physical Description: 319 pages ; 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: 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 -- War of the wall (short story) / by Toni Cade Bambara -- Virginia Hamilton (biographical sketch). |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.4 10.0 125. |
| Awards Note: | Newbery Medal, 1975 |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Brownstown PL - Brownstown | JNEWBER HAMILTO (Text) | 79361000056675 | Juvenile Fiction Newbery | Available | - |
| North Madison Co PL - Frankton Comm. Library | FIC HAM (Text) | 30419200444301 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
