Virginia Hamilton
M.C. Higgins, The Great FIRST EDITION 1974 hardcover
Hardcover
(macmillan publishing co new york Aug. 16, 1974)
By Virginia Hamilton. 1972 Newbery Honor Book. "Two black eighth grade boys in New York - one a neurotic, obese, musical prodigy, the other a homeless, tough-minded child of the streetsw - are the protagonists in an extraordinary story of heroism and survival and the inter-dependece of human beings.