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description: Key Features Description Illustrated 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. This book describes the plight of the migrant workers who traveled from the Dust Bowl to California during the Depression and were forced to live in a federal labor camp. 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. Illustrated 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. This book describes the plight of the migrant workers who traveled from the Dust Bowl to California during the Depression and were forced to live in a federal labor camp. 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. Product Details Item #: NTS6205 9780590062053 Paperback Book 96 Informational Text 5 - 7 Lexile® 1120L Guided Reading GR Level Y DRA 60 ACR 6.8 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 			Children of the Dust Bowl 			 				 Paperback Book 			 		 		 			 				 				5.96 				Out Of Stock 				 				 					Out Of Stock 					 						 						Email me when back in stock 					 					 				 				 			 		 	 	 		 			 	 Top 	 	 	 		{{#if inStock}} 	 	{{#if isSubscribe}} 			 		 {{button.label}} 		 			{{else}} 	 {{button.label}} 		 {{/if}} 		{{/if}} 	 {{#if isOutofStock}} 	 		 	 			 {{oosMessage}} 	 			{{#if isTSO}} 		 					 			 		 		{{/if}} 		 		 	 		 	 {{/if}} 	 {{#if isLearnMore}} 		{{#if learnMoreUrl}} 	 	 	 	 	{{/if}} 	{{#if learnMorePhone}} 	 		Contact Us{{learnMoreNumber}} 	 	{{/if}} 	 {{/if}} 	 x 			 			 			 				 			 			 			 				 				 				 					 						 						 					 				 				 				 				 				 				 	 		 What can we help you find? Search 			 			 			 			 			 				 					 					 				 			 			 				 			 			 			 			 				 			 			 			 			 			 			 			 			 				 	 	 PRIVACY POLICY TERMS OF USE TM ® &amp; © 2021 Scholastic Inc. All Rights Reserved. if(_satellite) {_satellite.pageBottom();} commonUtil.enableMouseflow(); Key Features Item #: NTS6205 9780590062053 Paperback Book 96 Informational Text 5 - 7 Lexile® 1120L Guided Reading GR Level Y DRA 60 ACR 6.8
language: English
title: Children of the Dust Bowl
titlecomplete: Children of the Dust Bowl
genres: Historical, History, Childrens, School, Biography, Chapter Books, Education, American History, Picture Books, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 1551
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: NCTE Orbis Pictus Award, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: John and Patricia Beatty Award, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Spur Award
category: Best Juvenile Nonfiction
publisher: Scholastic