John Newbery Medal Winning and Honored Books
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First awarded in 1922, The John Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association for the most distinguished American children’s book published the previous year. Virginia Hamilton, in 1975, was the first African American writer to win the medal. Learn more about this award at the ALA Website.
Below are the Newbery Winning and Honored books which were written by, or about, people of African descent.
One Book Honored with The Newbery Medal or Honor in 1975
1975 – Newbery Medal Winner
M.C. Higgins, The Great
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Imprint: Aladdin
(May 01, 2006)
Fiction, Paperback, 288 pages
Age Range: Middle Grade
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9781416914075
Fiction, Paperback, 288 pages
Age Range: Middle Grade
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
ISBN: 9781416914075
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Book Description:
Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah s Mountain. Stretched before him are rolling hills and shady valleys. But behind him lie the wounds of strip mining, including a mountain of rubble that may one day fall and bury his home.
M.C. dreams of escape for himself and his family. And, one day, atop his pole, he thinks he sees it two strangers are making their way toward Sarah s Mountain. One has the ability to make M.C. s mother famous. And the other has the kind of freedom that M.C. has never even considered.
Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah s Mountain. Stretched before him are rolling hills and shady valleys. But behind him lie the wounds of strip mining, including a mountain of rubble that may one day fall and bury his home.
M.C. dreams of escape for himself and his family. And, one day, atop his pole, he thinks he sees it two strangers are making their way toward Sarah s Mountain. One has the ability to make M.C. s mother famous. And the other has the kind of freedom that M.C. has never even considered.
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