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Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp
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4 out of 5
Based on 1,701 Ratings and 462 Reviews

Book Description
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.
Book Information
PublisherCrown Books for Young Readers
BindingPaperback (10 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages96
ISBN-100517880946
ISBN-13978-0517880944
Publication Date07/13/1993
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About Jerry Stanley (Author) : Jerry Stanley is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Jerry Stanley include Cowboys & Longhorns: A Portrait of the Long Drive, Children of the Dust Bowl: The True S... more
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10/5/2007 Cindy Lovell said: The photographs are haunting, but the story is all triumph. My 5th graders loved this. Be brave... read it along with Grapes of Wrath. Trust me, they can handle it!
tags: Inspirational

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