num_pages: 176
description: To Janey Larkin, the blue willow plate was the most beautiful thing in her life, a symbol of the home she could only dimly remember. Now that her father was an itinerant worker, Janey didn't have a home she could call her own or any real friends, as her family had to keep moving, following the crops from farm to farm. Someday, Janey promised the willow plate, with its picture of a real house, her family would once again be able to set down roots in a community.Blue Willow is an important fictional account of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, and has been called The Grapes of Wrath for children. It won a Newbery Honor and many other awards.
language: English
title: Blue Willow
titlecomplete: Blue Willow
characters: Janey Larkin
genres: Fiction, Historical, Family, Juvenile, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Classics, Childrens, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 3666
places: San Joaquin Valley, California, California
awards: awardedAt: -915120000000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: -283968000000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, awardedAt: -946742400000
name: California Book Award
category: Juvenile (Silver)
publisher: Puffin Books