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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

by Jerry Stanley

Book Details

Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 1993
Language: en
Pages: 96
ISBN: 9780517880944
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💥ViolenceVery low
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😨Fear / HorrorLow

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🧙Fantasy / SupernaturalNot present
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🏳️‍🌈LGBTQ+ RepresentationNot present
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🚀Sci-Fi / FuturisticNot present
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Disability & NeurodiversityNot present

Description

Illus. with photographs from the Dust Bowl era. This true story took place at the emergency farm-labor camp immortalized in Steinbeck's <i>The Grapes of Wrath</i>. 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.

Themes & Topics

Juvenile NonfictionHistoryUnited States20th CenturySchool & EducationScience & NatureDisasters
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