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Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp (Paperback)

by Jerry Stanley (Author) "Life had always been hard on the farmers who lived in Oklahoma, and in the 1930s it was especially hard on those who lived in..." (more)
Key Phrases: emergency school, Weedpatch Camp, Kern County, Weedpatch School (more...)
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Editorial Reviews
From School Library Journal
Grade 6 Up-- Stanley has crafted a well-researched, highly readable portrait of the ``Okies'' driven to California by the Dust Bowl days of the 1930s and the formidable hardships they faced. After first detailing the desperation of their lives in the Midwest, he follows them on their trek across the western United States to the promise of work in California, where their hopes were dashed. After providing this thorough, sympathetic context of their plight, he zeroes in on the residents of Weedpatch Camp, one of several farm-labor camps built by the federal government. The remainder of the book is devoted to educator Leo Hart and the role he played in creating a ``federal emergency school.'' Interviews with Hart and the school's former teachers and pupils make Children of the Dust Bowl useful to students of oral history, as well as of the Depression. A thorough index enhances the research value of the book, although it is interesting enough to enjoy for itself. The book is lavishly illustrated with period black-and-white photographs. An informative and inspirational bit of American history. --Joyce Adams Burner, formerly at Spring Hill Middle School, KS
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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"The story is inspiring, and Stanley has recorded the details with passion and dignity. An excellent curriculum item."--(starred) Booklist.   

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Product Details
  • Reading level: Ages 9-12
  • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers (July 13, 1993)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0517880946
  • ISBN-13: 978-0517880944
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 8 x 0.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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