* M.C Higgins, the Great is a Newbery Medal winning story about a young boy who is overcome with many challenges while living with his poor, African-American family on Sarah's Mountain.
* M.C. Higgins must overcome the prejudice that surrounds his best friend with the help of a mysterious girl who appears on the mountain.
* Also, M.C. tries to get his mother's singing voice recorded so he and his family can leave the mountain.
* The greatest challenge M.C.
* must face is a coal mining company that have been strip-mining the area above their house, leaving a huge pile of slag (spoil heap) piled dangerously on the mountain above their house.
* M.C. is convinced that the pile will one day give way and bury their house and everyone in it; therefore he stands guard by sitting on a high pole.
* Author: Nat Reed
* ISBN13: 978-1-55319-555-9
* Grades - 3, 4
* Reading Level: 3-4
* Total Page: 55
* Overheads: 3