num_pages: 336
description: As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills, fifteen-year-old M.C. is torn between trying to get his family away and fighting for the home they love.
language: English
title: M.C. Higgins the Great with Connections
titlecomplete: M.C. Higgins the Great with Connections
genres: Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Coming Of Age, Historical Fiction, Chapter Books, Childrens, Young Adult, African American, Family, Fiction
ratings_count: 4252
places: Kentucky
awards: awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: National Book Award
category: Children's Books, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 126259200000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award
category: Fiction
publisher: HOLT MCDOUGAL