M. C. Higgins, the Great
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| Author | Virginia Hamilton |
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| Cover Artist | Leo and Diane Dillon |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Simon Pulse |
| Released | 1975 |
| Media Type | Paperback |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-689-84806-4 |
M. C. Higgins, the Great is a book by Virginia Hamilton that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1975. It also won the National Book Award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, the only book to do that. It is a coming of age novel; it tells the story of Mayo Cornelius Higgins: her chidhood and early adult life. Its setting is along a mine on Sarah's Mountain, a fictional mountain in West Virginia near the Ohio River.
It has been traslated into many languages, including Japanese and German.
It was also made into a 1987 movie.
| Preceded by: The Slave Dancer |
Newbery Medal recipient 1975 |
Succeeded by: The Grey King |
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