num_pages: 320
description: We are a family on a journey to a place called wonderful is the motto of Deza Malones family.Deza is the smartest girl in her class in Gary Indiana singled out by teachers for a special path in life. But the Great Depression hit Gary hard and there are no jobs for black men. When her beloved father leaves to find work Deza Mother and her older brother Jimmie go in search of him and end up in a Hooverville outside Flint Michigan. Jimmies beautiful voice inspires him to leave the camp to be a performer while Deza and Mother find a new home and cling to the hope that they will find Father.The twists and turns of their story reveal the devastation of the Depression and prove that Deza truly is the Mighty Miss Malone.
language: English
title: The Mighty Miss Malone
publisher: Wendy Lamb Books