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The Girl from the Papers
$16.99 Read moreInspired by one of America’s most notorious couples, Bonnie and Clyde, Jennifer L. Wright delivers a riveting tale set during the public enemy era of the Great Depression.
Beatrice Carraway has dreams… [more below]
- Author: Wright, Jennifer L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 149647757X
- Language: English
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A Year Down Yonder
$18.99 Read moreWinner of the Newbery Medal
“Peck charms readers once again with this entertaining sequel to A Long Way from Chicago“–School Library Journal (starred review) It was within the pages of Richard Peck‘s- Author: Peck, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0803725183
- Language: English
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The Great American Dust Bowl
$15.99 Add to cart“A complete visual package.” –Booklist, starred review
On a clear, warm Sunday, April 14, 1935, a wild wind whipped up millions upon millions specks of dust to form a duster–a savage storm–on Americ
- Author: Brown, Don
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: October 10 2017
- ISBN10: 1328740870
- Language: English
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Summer of the Tree Army: A Civilian Conservation Corps Story
$17.99 Read moreWhen young Charlie Brightelot first spies the mysterious barracks in the woods near his home, he’s not sure what to think. His father explains that the barracks will soon house young men serving in th… [more below]
- Series: Tales of Young Americans
- Author: Whelan, Gloria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 15 2021
- ISBN10: 1585363855
- Language: English
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Surviving as a Migrant Worker in the Great Depression: A History Seeking Adventure
$9.99 Read moreYOU are struggling to survive during the Great Depression. As a migrant worker, you travel from place to place hoping to earn enough money to get by. How will you find a way to feed and clothe yoursel… [more below]
- Series: You Choose: Seeking History
- Author: Doeden, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1669058107
- Language: English
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A Long Way from Chicago: A Novel in Stories
$8.99 Read moreA Newbery Honor Book
A summer they’ll never forget. Each summer Joey and his sister, Mary Alice–two city slickers from Chicago–visit Grandma Dowdel’s seemingly sleepy Illinois town. Soon enough, th- Series: Puffin Modern Classics
- Author: Peck, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 09 2000
- ISBN10: 0141303522
- Language: English
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Song of the Trees
$8.99 Read moreAnother powerful story in the Logan Family Saga and companion to Mildred D. Taylor’s Newbery Award-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
With the depression bearing down on her family, there isn’t muc- Author: Taylor, Mildred D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: May 26 2003
- ISBN10: 0142500755
- Language: English
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Echo Mountain
$17.99 Add to cart★ “Historical fiction at its finest.” –The Horn Book
“There has never been a better time to read about healing, of both the body and the heart.“ –The New York Times Book Review
Echo Mountain is an… [more below]- Author: Wolk, Lauren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 21 2020
- ISBN10: 0525555560
- Language: English
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Rudy Rides the Rails: A Depression Era Story
$17.95 Read moreIn 1932, Akron, Ohio was no better off than other parts of the country. Since Black Tuesday in ’29, companies are closed, men all over the state are out of work, and families are running out of hope. … [more below]
- Series: Tales of Young Americans
- Author: Mackall, Dandi Daley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1585362867
- Language: English
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Dust for Dinner
$5.99 Add to cartJake and Maggy lived on a farm where they loved to sing and dance to the music from Mama’s radio. Then terrible dust storms came and ruined the land. The family had no choice but to auction off the fa
- Series: I Can Read Level 3 #1
- Author: Turner, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: February 01 1997
- ISBN10: 006444225X
- Language: English
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The Dust Bowl: An Interactive History Adventure
$6.95 Read moreEverything in this book happened to real people. And YOU CHOOSE what side you’re on and what you do next. The choices you make could lead you to survival or to death. In the You Choose Books set, only… [more below]
- Series: You Choose: History
- Author: Lassieur, Allison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: August 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1515742628
- Language: English
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Out of the Dust (Scholastic Gold)
$19.99 Add to cartAcclaimed author Karen Hesse’s Newbery Medal-winning novel-in-verse explores the life of fourteen-year-old Billie Jo growing up in the dust bowls of Oklahoma.
“Dust piles up like snow across the prairi… [more below]
- Author: Hesse, Karen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 01 1997
- ISBN10: 0590360809
- Language: English
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A Year Down Yonder
$8.99 Read moreA Newbery Medal Winner
Richard Peck’s Newbery Medal-winning sequel to A Long Way from Chicago Mary Alice’s childhood summers in Grandma Dowdel’s sleepy Illinois town were packed with enough drama to f- Author: Peck, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 21 2002
- ISBN10: 0142300705
- Language: English
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Green Mountain Farm
$20.99 Add to cartIn 1934, in the depths of the Great Depression, Elliott Merrick and his wife, Kate, bought a ramshackle farm on a Vermont hillside for $1,000. Merrick, a young writer with a healthy dose of idealism a… [more below]
- Author: Merrick, Elliott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 222
- Publish Date: September 24 2012
- ISBN10: 0881504351
- Language: English
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Julie
$24.98 Add to cartb>Will the dam hold?/b
p>Julie Wallace has always wanted to write. Trying to escape the Great Depression, Julie’s father buys the Alderton Sentinel, a small-town newspaper in flood-prone Alderton, Penn
- Author: Marshall, Catherine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: July 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1683701348
- Language: English
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Miracle in East Texas: A Very Tall Tale Inspired by an Absolutely True Story
$16.99 Read moreEvery saint has a past.
Based on the movie Miracle in East Texas, this is the story of two aging, fast-talking hucksters: Doc Boyd and Dad Everett. These hard-luck con men
Every sinner has a future.- Author: Gordon, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 27, 2023
- ISBN10: 1424558824
- Language: English
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Risky Chance
$7.99 Add to cartFor all lovers of horses and history, it’s the next book in the popular Horse Diaries series. Born in California at the start of the Great Depression, Risky Chance is a gray thoroughbred who was born … [more below]
- Series: Horse Diaries (Quality) #7
- Author: Hart, Alison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 13 2011
- ISBN10: 037586833X
- Language: English
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Now in November
$18.99 Add to cartA lost gem of twentieth-century literature, Josephine Johnson’s 1934 Pulitzer Prize-winning “exquisite…heartbreakingly real” (The New York Times Book Review) novel follows a year in the life of a fa… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Josephine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1668004224
- Language: English
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The Passover Guest
$18.99 Read moreSydney Taylor Award Winner
A girl’s kindness to a mysterious magician leads to a Passover miracle.
Beautifully illustrated and deftly told, this story full of hope, tradition– and just a touch of mag- Author: Kusel, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: January 19 2021
- ISBN10: 0823445623
- Language: English
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Junia, the Book Mule of Troublesome Creek
$18.99 Add to cartJunia is a mule. But she’s not just any mule. She’s a mule with an important job. Every morning she carries her Book Woman up and down the rugged hills and surrounding woodlands near the Kentucky town… [more below]
- Author: Richardson, Kim Michele
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 40
- Publish Date: March 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1534113037
- Language: English
