Book
M. C. Higgins, the Great
- Published
- 1975
- Genre
- Children's
- Publisher
- Dell Publishing Company
- Pages
- 288
- Words
- 69544
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/69666.M_C_Higgins_the_Great?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 4.4
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 560L
- Suggested reading age
- ages 9–14
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.
Collections
Newbery Award
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780440955986
- ISBN-10
- 044095598X
Tags
Award Winners-Newbery MedalAward Winners-SLJ Best BookCommon Core State Standards Appendix B Titles-CCSS Grade Band 4-5Family Life-Misc./OtherPeople-African AmericanSocial Issues-Poverty