M.C. Higgins the Great
by Virginia Hamilton
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- Grade
- 4-12
- Genre
- Realistic Fiction
- Cultural Area
- African American
Year Published 1974
Word Count 69,544
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 560L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.4
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 125
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Subject Headings
- Juvenile Fiction | People & Places | United States - African-American
- Mountain life
- African Americans--Juvenile fiction
- Family life
- African Americans--Fiction
- Ohio
- African Americans
- Juvenile Fiction | Family | General (see also headings under Social Themes)
- Coming of age
- Ohio--Fiction
- Mountain life--Ohio--Fiction
- Coming of age--Fiction
- Family life--Ohio--Fiction
- Juvenile Fiction | Classics
- Young Adult Fiction
- Related Booklists
- ELA Text Exemplars, 4-5
- CCS Novels Available in the English 6-12
Our Original Resources 3
Audio Name Pronunciation with Virginia Hamilton
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Story Map Customizable Lesson
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Submit Qualitative Text Complexity Rubric
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About the Author 2
Author Interviews 2
Interview with Virginia Hamilton
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1995 Children’s Literature Legacy Award Acceptance Speech given by Virginia Hamilton
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 5
Story Map Customizable Lesson
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Lesson Plan from Literary Link
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Lesson Plan from NovelWise
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Lesson Plan from Manchester University
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Common Core Guide from Open Road Integrated Media
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Book Readings 1
Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Roscoe Lee Browne
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Awards & Distinctions 1
John Newbery Medal, 1922-2019
Winner, 1975
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