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The Mighty Miss Malone

The Mighty Miss Malone

Curtis, Christopher Paul

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ISBN10: 0385734913
ISBN13: 9780385734912
Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books
Published: Jan 10 2012
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.95
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.90 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
Awards: Alabama Camellia Award, Black-Eyed Susan Award, Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens, Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award, Charlotte Award, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, Mark Twain Readers Award, Massachusetts Children's Book Award, Michigan Notable Books, NAPPA Gold Awards, Rhode Island Children's Book Awards, South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award, Volunteer State Book Awards

In the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award-winning Bud, Not Buddy, Bud met a girl named Deza Malone in a Hooverville. This is her story.

We are a family on a journey to a place called wonderful is the motto of Deza Malone's family. Deza is the smartest girl in her class in Gary, Indiana, singled out by teachers for a special path in life. But the Great Depression has hit Gary hard, and there are no jobs for black men. When her beloved father leaves to find work, Deza, Mother, and her older brother Jimmie go in search of him, and end up in a Hooverville outside Flint, Michigan. Jimmie's beautiful voice inspires him to leave the camp to be a performer, while Deza and Mother find a new home, and cling to the hope that they will find Father. The twists and turns of their story reveal the devastation of the Depression and prove that Deza truly is the Mighty Miss Malone.

Witty and moving. --The Wall Street Journal

The fluidity of the writing, the strong sense of place and time combined with well-drawn characters will captivate and delight. . . . a fitting literary companion to Bud Caldwell. --Kirkus Reviews, Starred

Curtis threads important bits of African-American history throughout the narrative. . . . Some readers will feel they are due a bit of happiness; others will be struck by how little has changed in 75 years for the nation's have-nots. --Publishers Weekly, Starred

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