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The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis

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

From the Hardcover edition.

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ISBN 13 9780385734912
ISBN 10 0385734913
Title The Mighty Miss Malone
Author Christopher Paul Curtis
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Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 2012-01-10
Number of pages 320
Prizes Winner of National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA) Gold Award., Short-listed for NAACP Image Awards., Nominated for ALA Notable Children's Book., Nominated for Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Award 2013, Nominated for Missouri Mark Twain Award 2015, Nominated for New York State Charlotte Award 2014, Nominated for Rhode Island Children's Book Award 2015, Nominated for Tennessee Volunteer State Book Award., Nominated for Vermont Dorothy Canfield Fischer Book Award 2014
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