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The mighty Miss Malone  Cover Image Book Book

The mighty Miss Malone / Christopher Paul Curtis.

Summary:

Deza Malone, the smartest girl in her class in Gary, Indiana, accompanies her mother and older brother on a trip to find her father, an African American man who left to find work after the Great Depression hit. They end up in a Hooverville outside of Flint, Michigan, and her brother attempts to be a performer while Deza and her mother search for a home.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385734912
  • ISBN: 9780385904872
  • ISBN: 9780440422143
  • ISBN: 0385734913
  • ISBN: 0385904878
  • ISBN: 0440422140
  • Physical Description: 307 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Wendy Lamb Books, [2012]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Citation/References Note:
Wilson's Children, October 2012
School Library Journal, February 2012
Library Media Connection starred, August 2012
Pub Weekly, December 2011
Kirkus Starred, December 2011
Booklist, January 2012
Horn Book, November 2012
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), February 2012
Wilson's Children
School Library Journal
Library Media Connection starred
Target Audience Note:
4.4 Follett Library Resources
3-6 Follett Library Resources
3-6
750L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.7 10 148755.
Subject: Families > Juvenile fiction.
Depressions > 1929 > Juvenile fiction.
Poverty > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction > Juvenile literature.
Families > Fiction.
Depressions > 1929 > Fiction.
Poverty > Fiction.
African Americans > Fiction.
Gary (Ind.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Flint (Mich.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Gary (Ind.) > History > Fiction.
Flint (Mich.) > History > Fiction.
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Historical fiction.

Available copies

  • 39 of 41 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Reynolds County Library District.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 41 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Reynolds County Library - Ellington Library YA CUR (Text) 3247100502990 Young Adult Fiction Available -


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