<b>With this special collector's edition, featuring a deluxe faux-leather embossed cover, celebrate the legacy of the transcendent middle grade masterpiece about a young Black boy whose quiet rural live in the Appalachian Mountains begins to change--winner of the Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award. </b> <p/>Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah's Mountain. Stretched before him are rolling hills and shady valleys. But behind him lie the wounds of strip mining, including a mountain of rubble that may one day fall and bury his home. <p/>M.C. dreams of escape for himself and his family. And, one day, atop his pole, he thinks he sees it--two strangers are making their way toward Sarah's Mountain. One can make M.C.'s mother famous. And the other has the kind of freedom that M.C. has never even considered.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Virginia Hamilton<br><b>Publisher:</b> Aladdin Paperbacks<br><b>Published:</b> 05/21/2024<br><b>Pages:</b> 304<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.05lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.06h x 5.91w x 1.34d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781665955232<br><b>Age Range:</b> 8-12<br><br><b>Accelerated Reader:</b><br><b>Reading Level:</b> 4.4<br><b>Point Value:</b> 10<br><b>Interest Level:</b> Middle Grade<br><b>Quiz #/Name: </b>125 / M.C. Higgins, the Great<br><br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>The recipient of nearly every major award and honor in her field, including the