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) |
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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 |
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