The Mighty Miss Malone
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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 it’s 1936 and 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.
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Christopher Paul Curtis is the author of The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963, one of the most highly acclaimed first novels for young readers in recent years. It was singled out for many awards, among them a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor, and has been a bestseller in hardcover and paperback.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780440422143
- Publication Date
- March 12, 2013
- Publisher
- Yearling Books
- Page Count
- 307
- Words Per Page
- 219
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 9 - 12 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 2011036317
- Lexile® Level
- 750L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~R
- ATOS® Book Level
- 4.7
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 10
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 148755
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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