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Author Hamilton, Virginia, 1934-2002.

Title M.C. Higgins, the great / Virginia Hamilton
Published London : Hamish Hamilton, 1975

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Description 7 unnumbered pages, 278 pages ; 22 cm
Summary 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
Analysis Fiction in English, 1900- Texts
Notes For children
Newbery Medal, 1975
Subject African American children -- Juvenile fiction.
African American youth -- Fiction.
African American youth -- Juvenile fiction.
English fiction.
Environmental degradation -- Juvenile fiction.
Families -- Juvenile fiction.
Loyalty -- Juvenile fiction.
Problem solving -- Juvenile fiction.
Teenage boys -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre/Form Fiction.
LC no. isb24189214
ISBN 0241892147
044095598X (Laurel-Leaf)