- Published: New York : Wendy Lamb Books, 2012.
- Year Published: 2012
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Description: 307 p.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
Reading Level
- Lexile: 750
ISBN/Standard Number
- 9780385734912
- 0385734913
Subjects
- Family life -- Fiction.
- Depressions -- Fiction. -- 1929
- Poverty -- Fiction.
- African Americans -- Fiction.
- Gary (Ind.) -- Fiction. -- History -- 20th century
- Flint (Mich.) -- History -- Fiction. -- 20th century
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- Newbery 2013 Contenders
- LINKS Fourth and Fifth Grades
- Children's Books by African American Authors
- Historical Fiction North America - grades 4-9
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With love and determination befitting the "world's greatest family," twelve-year-old Deza Malone, her older brother Jimmie, and their parents endure tough times in Gary, Indiana, and later Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression.
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Curtis Does It Again!
I first read Christopher Paul Curtis' Bud, Not Buddy a few years ago and was extremely impressed with Curtis' storytelling abilities. Curtis is an extremely skilled storyteller, and his characters are always engaging, vivid, and memorable. He does not disappoint in The Mighty Miss Malone. Even though the ending is not as "shiny" or perfect as some might prefer, it is still touching and fitting for the story and the Malone family.
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