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Author
Series
Lexile measure
950L
Language
English
Formats
Description
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Lexile measure
690L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 27 cm
Language
English
Description
During the Great Depression six-year-old Marvel, her seven siblings, and their mother find a tar-paper shack in the woods and, over the course of a year, turn it into a home. Based on the author's grandmother's childhood; includes historical notes.
Author
Series
Mysteries of trash and treasure volume 2
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
321 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Colin and Nevaeh are great at finding things. After all, they found each other and became best friends--even though their parents are business rivals. They also found hidden boxes of secret letters, which led them to unravel mysteries about kids from the 1970s. But when they started Mystery Solvers Inc., they didn't expect to be asked to find a ghost. Ree recruits them to investigate a series of old, spooky photos left behind in her family's new...
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2014]
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
180 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
During the Great Depression, aspiring reporter Kit Kittredge uncovers a mystery surrounding a secret room in the rundown mansion owned by elderly Miss Mundis.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
490L
Physical Desc
195 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Ten-year-old Beans Curry, a member of the Keepsies, the best marble playing gang in Depression-era Key West, Florida, engages in various schemes to earn money while "New Dealers" from Washington, D.C., arrive to turn run down Key West into a tourist resort.
Author
Lexile measure
650L
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Describes the people and events of the U.S. Dust Bowl. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspectives of a farmer, a migrant worker, and a government photographer"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
In Washington, D.C., during the Great Depression, Muriel and her family have no money to prepare the seder meal until a mysterious stranger performs a Passover miracle. Includes notes on the Passover holiday, the Great Depression, and the history of the D.C. Jewish community.
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
660L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (80 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Each paperback in this series features a trio of fictional stories highlighting a moment in American history. Troubled Times contains three stories focusing on the Great Depression. In The Lucky Star a girl helps her sister and other children learn to read when their school is closed. Rudy Rides the Rails features a boy living the hobo life. In Junk Man's Daughter, a family struggles after moving to the United States.
12) Hitch
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
To help his family during the Depression and avoid becoming a drunk like his father, Moss Trawnley joins the Civilian Conservation Corps, helps build a new camp near Monroe, Montana, and leads the other men in making the camp a success.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Lexile measure
600L
Physical Desc
112 pages : illustrations, color maps, ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Describes the people and events of the Great Depression. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspectives of a Bonus Army marcher, a teenager riding the rails, and a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps"--Provided by publisher.
15) Snow White
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
480L
Physical Desc
216 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The scene: New York City. The dazzling lights cast shadows that grow ever darker as the glitzy prosperity of the Roaring Twenties screeches to a halt. Enter a cast of familiar characters: a young girl, Samantha White, returning after being sent away by her cruel stepmother, the Queen of the Follies, years earlier; her father, the King of Wall Street, who survives the stock market crash only to suffer a strange and sudden death; seven street urchins,...
16) Lucky beans
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
600L
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
During the Great Depression, Marshall, an African American boy, uses lessons learned in arithmetic class and guidance from his mother to figure out how many beans are in a jar in order to win her a new sewing machine in a contest.
18) The No-Good Nine
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
620L
Physical Desc
302 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
No kids get coal in their stocking these days. Do you know why? It's thanks to The No-Good Nine! Pittsburgh, 1931. When Peter awakens on Christmas morning to find his stocking full of coal, he is outraged. After he finds the Naughty List, which contains the names of some other children who received no gifts, he decides they should band together and journey to Santa's workshop to plead their case, as well as play with the toys intended for the Nice...
19) Nothing to fear
Author
Pub. Date
1991
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
viii, 279 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old Danny and his family are struggling to make ends meet in New York during the Great Depression. His father leaves to search for work, and Danny and his mother do what they can to survive. With his mother pregnant and unable to help, Danny is forced to beg for food. Through it all, they retain their good humor and family pride, and in the end help arrives in a most unexpected guise.
20) Cat running
Author
Pub. Date
1994
Physical Desc
168 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
An award-winning, thoughtful, and moving glimpse into life during the Depression Cat is the fastest kid at her school-and with Play Day is coming up soon, she will be able to show off her speed to everybody. Unfortunately, her old-fashioned father forbids her to wear pants, even while playing sports. So Cat refuses to race, and Zane, an Okie boy whose family works on a nearby farm, wins. Cat is furious that Zane is so fast, and angry that he was able...