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The Mighty Miss Malone
By CURTIS, Christopher Paul
- ISBN
- 978-0-385-73491-2 978-0-385-90487-2 978-0-375-89736-8
- Publisher
- Random Wendy Lamb Bks
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 4–7—In 1936 Gary, IN, 12-year-old Deza Malone is an outstanding student and beloved daughter in an African American family challenged by economic hardship. Her mother's job as a domestic allows them to just get by, but leaves them unable to address Deza's rotting teeth and older brother Jimmie's stunted growth. When her father seeks work in Michigan and fails to keep in touch with them, Mother packs them up to go and find him. Their journey takes them to a Hooverville camp where Jimmie's beautiful singing voice is discovered by an itinerant musician who convin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
To her father, twelve-year-old Deza Malone is "my Darling Daughter Deza," "that sassy, smart, beautiful, charming little girl…my Mighty Miss Malone." But it's 1936, and the Depression has hit Gary, Indiana, hard. The loving Malone family is desperately poor and withering away. Older brother Jimmie hasn't grown in three years, Mrs. Malone's clothes hang on her, and Deza's teeth are so bad it's as if she's rotting from the inside. In one poignant scene, Deza overhears...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
The Great Depression has hit the desperately poor Malone family hard, and twelve-year-old Deza Malone's father must lea...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
