Kevin Blake
Author
Series
Publisher
Bearport Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
900L
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
On April 14, 1935 in Boise City, Oklahoma, the sky turned black as a massive, swirling cloud of dust engulfed the city. "It got so dark that you couldn't see your hand before your face," remembered one farmer. Blinded drivers drove their cars off the side of the road. Terrified cows spun in circles. People covered their faces, gasping for breath. This was one of many dark days during the Dust Bowl. Sick Soil: The Dust Bowltraces the tragic story of...
Author
Publisher
Bearport Publishing Company, Inc
Pub. Date
2017.
Lexile measure
940L
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
It was 1814. Fifty British soldiers surrounded the large white house, holding poles with flaming rags at the end. All at once, they hurled the blazing poles into the house's windows. Within seconds, the majestic home was in flames. The fire destroyed almost everything inside. If not for a powerful thunderstorm later that day, the White House might have burned to the ground. The White Housetraces the incredible story of one of the most important and...