Sep 19 2024 34 mins
On this episode, Mary Grace and Deborah read Virginia Hamilton's 1974 novel M.C. Higgins the Great, about a teenaged boy in Appalachia whose life is turned upside down when two strangers come to town. Hamilton won the Newbery Medal for the book; she was the first African American to win the award.
Mentioned on the episode:
Also by Virginia Hamilton:
Zeely (1967)
The House of Dies Drear (1968)
The Planet of Junior Brown (1971)
Other Rereading Our Childhood episodes:
Rereading Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth by E.L. Konigsburg
Rereading The Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Rereading The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Also mentioned:
Children's Books and their Creators, edited by Anita Silvey
Goodreads reviews of M.C. Higgins the Great
Dicey's Song by Cynthia Voigt
Recommended for fans of M.C. Higgins, the Great: other books by Virginia Hamilton (Deborah), Where the Lilies Bloom by Vera and Bill Cleary (Mary Grace)
You can find Deborah’s author interviews on her blog, Books Q&A by Deborah Kalb, and Mary Grace’s adventures in the 1920s on her blog, My Life 100 Years Ago.
This episode was edited by Adam Linder of Bespoken Podcasting.
Podcast website at rereadingourchildhood.com