The Mighty Miss Malone
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780606270076 (0606270078)
Publish date: March 12th 2013
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Pages no: 307
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Cultural,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Historical Fiction,
Middle Grade,
African American,
Family,
Social Issues,
Poverty
As I began to read the book I was expecting to find details of the time period, but it was not too apparent at first. I was expecting to read on the difficulties of the Great Depression, and accounts of Deza and Bud’s (from Bud, Not Buddy) encounter in Hooverville. Instead I was pleasantly surpris...
Appeal Characteristics: Sassy humor, historical, family themes, quirky characters, great audio book narration.I LOVED the audiobook version of this. Bahni Turpin outdid herself on the great voice overs of characters. Her beautiful singing voice just added another layer on why I loved this book as an...
Review originally posted on my livejournal account here. :)Why I Read It: As I mentioned in my review of Bigger Than a Breadbox, I sometimes get my hands on ARCs of books when Random House sends them my way, but I get them because I'm a bookseller, not a book blogger. Other employees at Chapters als...