Pub Date: April 1, 2006
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2006280051
Lexile Code: 0730
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 08 to 12
Physical Info: 0.60" H x 7.68" L x 5.14" W ( 0.33 lbs) 224 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | African American and Black | General | Social Themes | Friendship
Description: A Newbery Honor Book. "Two black eighth-grade boys in New York--one a neurotic, obese, musical prodigy, the other a homeless, tough-minded child of the streets--are the protagonists in an extraordinary story of heroism and survival and the interdependence of human beings".--ALA Notable Children's Books Committee.Ages 8-12.
Brief description: The recipient of nearly every major award and honor in her field, including the 1992 Hans Christian Andersen Award, Virginia Hamilton (1934-2002) was the first African American woman to be awarded the Newbery Medal, for M.C. Higgins, the Great. Renowned as a storyteller, anthologist, and lecturer as well as a novelist, Ms. Hamilton made her home in Yellow Springs, Ohio.