The Mighty Miss Malone
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Publishing Details
The Mighty Miss Malone
By (Author) Christopher Paul Curtis
Random House USA Inc
Wendy Lamb Books
15th February 2012
United States
Classifications
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage: Personal and social topics
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Families and family members
Childrens picture books
813.6
Winner of National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold Award.
Physical Properties
Hardback
320
Width 152mm, Height 219mm, Spine 26mm
425g
Description
In the Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Awardwinning 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 hashit 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 nations have-nots. Publishers Weekly, Starred
Reviews
Publisher's Weekly Best Children's Book of 2012
Kirkus Reviews Best Teen's Book of 2012
Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, December 15, 2011:
Deza is one great heroine in her own right, a fitting literary companion to Bud Caldwell.
Starred Review, Publishers Weekly, December 12, 2011:
Though the resolution of the familys crisis is perhaps far-fetched, 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 nations have-nots.
Author Bio
CHRISTOPHER PAUL CURTIS is the bestselling author of Bud, Not Buddy, winner of the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Medal, among many other honors. His first novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham1963, was also singled out for many awards, among them a Newbery Honor and a Coretta Scott King Honor.
