02677cam a2200517 i 4500 261355660 TxAuBib 20160421120000.0 111114s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2011036317 9780385734912 hbk. 0385734913 hbk. 9780385904872 0385904878 9780375897368 ebook 0375897364 ebook 9780440422143 pbk. 0440422140 pbk. (OCoLC)714724485 TxAuBib rda Curtis, Christopher Paul. The mighty Miss Malone / Christopher Paul Curtis. First edition. New York : Wendy Lamb Books, 2012. 307 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10.0. With love and determination befitting the "world's greatest family, " twelve-year-old Deza Malone, her older brother Jimmie, and their parents endure tough times in Gary, Indiana, and later Flint, Michigan during the Great Depression. "We are a family on a journey to a place called wonderful" is the motto of Deza Malone's family. Deza is the smartest girl in her class in Gary, Indiana, singled out by teachers for a special path in life. But it's 1936 and the Great Depression has 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. Jimmie's 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. 20160421. Families Juvenile fiction. Depressions 1929 Juvenile fiction. Depressions 1929 Fiction. Poverty Juvenile fiction. Poverty Fiction. African Americans. Juvenile fiction. African Americans. Fiction. Family life Fiction. Gary (Ind.) History 20th century Juvenile fiction. Gary (Ind.) History 20th century Fiction. Flint (Mich.) History 20th century Juvenile fiction. Flint (Mich.) History 20th century Fiction. TXLIV