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Yearling Books, 1993-13-07

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

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

Jerry Stanley, Author

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9780517880944

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A compelling book about the children of homeless "Okie" migrant workers and the school they built at a farm-labor camp in Dust Bowl-era California. Heralded by Kirkus in a pointer review as "lucid, dramatic, and splendidly inspiring", here is a "lavishly illustrated . . . informative and inspirational bit of American history" (School Library Journal, starred review). Illustrated with photos from the Dust Bowl era. 1993 ALA Notable Book; 1992 Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies; 1992 Booklist Editors' Choice; 1992 Library of Congress Book of the Year; 1993 Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children.
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True determination meets community resilience in this moving account of students and teachers who built hope—one wall at a time.

Keywords and Themes: Accomplishment • Community • Dedication • Disasters • Educational Leadership • Emigration • History • Hope • Immigration & Refugees • Juvenile Nonfiction • Learning • Motivation • Perseverance • Resilience • Responsibility • School & Education • Science & Nature • Social Topics • United States - 20th Century

Readability • 6.7

Age Range • 8-12

Pages • 96

Subjects • Children of migrant laborers • Education • California • Arvin • History • 20th century • Droughts • Southwestern States • Depressions • 1929 • Great Plains • Dust Bowl Era • 1931-1939 • Migrant labor

Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - 20th Century • Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Topics | Emigration, Immigration & Refugees • Juvenile Nonfiction | School & Education • Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | Disasters

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