The Resource M.C. Higgins, the great, Virginia Hamilton
M.C. Higgins, the great, Virginia Hamilton
Resource Information
The item M.C. Higgins, the great, Virginia Hamilton represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
Resource Information
The item M.C. Higgins, the great, Virginia Hamilton represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 5 library branches.
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 232 pages
- Note
- "25th anniversary edition"--Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9780689830747
- Label
- M.C. Higgins, the great
- Title
- M.C. Higgins, the great
- Statement of responsibility
- Virginia Hamilton
- Subject
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- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Bildungsromans
- Coming of age -- Fiction
- Family life -- Ohio -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- Juvenile works
- African Americans
- Ohio
- Ohio -- Fiction
- Ohio -- Juvenile fiction
- Mountain life -- Ohio -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Awards note
- Newbery Medal, 1975
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1934-2002
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hamilton, Virginia
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
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- Interest age level : Ages 9-12
- 560L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
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- MG
- MG
- Literary form
- fiction
- Reading level
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- 4.4
- 4.4
- Study program name
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- Accelerated Reader
- Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- African Americans
- Ohio
- African Americans
- Coming of age
- Family life
- Mountain life
- Ohio
- African Americans
- Ohio
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- M.C. Higgins, the great, Virginia Hamilton
- Note
- "25th anniversary edition"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm40890942
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 232 pages
- Isbn
- 9780689830747
- Lccn
- 99014288
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)40890942
- Label
- M.C. Higgins, the great, Virginia Hamilton
- Note
- "25th anniversary edition"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm40890942
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 232 pages
- Isbn
- 9780689830747
- Lccn
- 99014288
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)40890942
Subject
- African Americans -- Juvenile fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Bildungsromans
- Coming of age -- Fiction
- Family life -- Ohio -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Fiction
- JUVENILE FICTION / Family
- JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / United States / African American
- Juvenile works
- African Americans
- Ohio
- Ohio -- Fiction
- Ohio -- Juvenile fiction
- Mountain life -- Ohio -- Fiction
- African Americans -- Fiction
Genre
Included in
- trueNational Book Awards: Children's Books (1969-1983)
- trueBoston Globe-Horn Book Awards: Fiction and Poetry
- trueNewbery Medal
Library Locations
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Manchaca Road BranchBorrow it5500 Manchaca Road, Austin, TX, 78745, US30.2166039 -97.79733689999999
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