Library's review
Set in the Appalachian Mountains, a young boy struggles to choose between maintaining his family’s way of life and the innate desire he has to protect the environment that he loves.
Genres
Publication
Scholastic Pr (2016), Edition: First Edition, First Printing., 272 pages
Description
Curley Hines has lost his father, mother, and brother to coal mining, and now he lives with his grandfather in the Appalachian mountains of Wonder Gap, Kentucky--but when the mining company prepares to destroy their mountain he must use the words his grandfather has taught him to save Red Hawk Mountain, even if it means losing the life he loves.
Awards
Parents' Choice Book Award (2016)
Ohioana Book Award (Finalist — Middle Grade & Young Adult Literature — 2017)
Green Earth Book Award (Winner — Children's Fiction — 2017)
Los Angeles Public Library Best of the Year (Children's Books — 2016)
Language
Original language
English
Pages
272
Physical description
272 p.; 8.5 inches
ISBN
0545828937 / 9780545828932
DDC/MDS
| 481 |