M.C. Higgins, the great
Readers rate it 3.8 (4 on Hardcover)
278 pages · Released 1974 · Macmillan
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This Newbery Medal winner is a thoughtful coming-of-age story exploring family loyalty, identity, and the tension between personal ambition and responsibility. The narrative centers on M.C.'s internal struggle and his relationships with his loving family in an Appalachian community affected by strip mining, with minimal explicit content. The book rewards empathy, courage, and honest self-reflection, making it suitable for mature middle-grade and early teen readers who can engage with its thematic depth.
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Hamilton’s classic coming-of-age tale: The National Book Award– and Newbery Award–winning novel about a young man who must choose between supporting his tight-knit family and pursuing his own dreams Mayo Cornelius Higgins perches on top of a homemade forty-foot tower, considering two destinies. Behind him is his... Hamilton’s classic coming-of-age tale: The National Book Award– and Newbery Award–winning novel about a young man who must choose between supporting his tight-knit family and pursuing his own dreams Mayo Cornelius Higgins perches on top of a homemade forty-foot tower, considering two destinies. Behind him is his family’s beloved house at the foot of a mountain that strip mining has reduced to loose rubble. In front of him, the beautiful Ohio River Valley and the great world beyond. As M.C. weighs whether to stay with the family and home he loves or set off into the world on his own, there appear on the horizon two strangers who will make his decision all the more difficult.
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- Children's fiction
- Ohio, fiction
- African americans, fiction
- Family life, fiction
- Fiction
- African Americans
- Juvenile fiction
- Mountain life
- African Americans in fiction
- Family life
- Family life in fiction
- Coming of age in fiction
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ISBN 9781416914075 · Macmillan