When two strangers enter his life, M.
C. has never even considered..
And the other has the kind of freedom that M.
C.
One has the ability to make M.
C.\'s mother famous.
And, one day, atop his pole, he thinks he sees it--two strangers are making their way toward Sarah\'s Mountain. dreams of escape for himself and his family.
M.
C.
But behind him lie the wounds of strip mining, including a mountain of rubble that may one day fall and bury his home.
Stretched before him are rolling hills and shady valleys.
Mayo Cornelius Higgins sits on his gleaming, forty-foot steel pole, towering over his home on Sarah\'s Mountain.
Discover this masterpiece from Virginia Hamilton that was the first book to win the Newberry, the National Book Award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award.
Newbery Medal
National Book Award
ALA Notable Children\'s Book
School Library Journal Best of the Best
New York Times Outstanding Children\'s Books of the Year. .--The Horn Book. .
All of the characters have vitality and credibility as well as a unique quality that makes them unforgettable .
Higgins learns the answer to saving his home and family from the slag heap of an Ohio strip mine.
When two strangers enter his life, M.
C
