| Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp Contributor(s): Stanley, Jerry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0517880946 ISBN-13: 9780517880944 Publisher: Yearling Books
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: July 1993 Annotation: Illus. with photographs from the Dust Bowl era. This true story took place at the emergency farm-labor camp immortalized in Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath. Ostracized as "dumb Okies," the children of Dust Bowl migrant laborers went without school--until Superintendent Leo Hart and 50 Okie kids built their own school in a nearby field. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics - Emigration & Immigration - Juvenile Nonfiction | School & Education |
| Dewey: 371.967 |
| LCCN: 92000393 |
| Age Level: 8-12 |
| Grade Level: 3-7 |
| Lexile Measure: 1120(Not Available) |
| Physical Information: 0.35" H x 8.02" W x 9.17" L (0.65 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - Heartland - Cultural Region - Midwest - Cultural Region - Plains - Geographic Orientation - California |
| Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
| Review Citations: Booklist 10/15/1993 pg. 458 |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 6660 Reading Level: 6.8 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 2.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Illus. with photographs from the Dust Bowl era. This true story took place at the emergency farm-labor camp immortalized in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Ostracized as "dumb Okies," the children of Dust Bowl migrant laborers went without school--until Superintendent Leo Hart and 50 Okie kids built their own school in a nearby field. |
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