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105) Wingwalker
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
730L
Physical Desc
63 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
106) Terror in the sky
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1991
Lexile measure
780L
Physical Desc
175 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2001
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
67 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1934, during the Depression, Kit's cantankerous uncle comes to live in the Cincinnati boardinghouse run by her parents, enlisting her aid in transcribing his complaining letters to the editor of the local newspaper and inspiring her to write a different kind of letter of her own.
Author
Series
American girls collection volume 5
Pub. Date
2001
Lexile measure
640L
Physical Desc
68 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Tired of doing chores and longing for adventure during the Great Depression, Kit meets a hobo and decides to hop a freight train.
109) Kit's home run
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Lexile measure
700L
Physical Desc
46 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1933 Cincinnati, Kit is an enthusiastic baseball player whose home run slide has surprising consequences. Includes historical notes on major league baseball and the Cincinnati Reds in the 1930s and provides ideas for decorating a baseball cap.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Scarred by the loss of an older brother he idolized, estranged from a father he barely knows, and deeply troubled by the failing health of a mother he adores, eight-year-old Matthew is suddenly and irrevocably forced to set aside his childhood and take on responsibilities far beyond his years. When the world spirals into the Great Depression and drought settles like a plague over the nation, Matt must abandon his own dreams in order to salvage the...
112) High country ambush
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1992
Physical Desc
176 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
207 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Kit arrives in Kentucky to visit her aunt and brother she finds trouble brewing and locals blaming the CCC workers, leaving Kit to find the real culprit before things get worse.
Author
Publisher
Ensign Peak
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
"Paul's family has struggled to make ends meet during the devastating dust storms of the Midwest. When a family arrives in need, Jake must choose between helping the family or saving his beloved calf. A Christmas miracle helps him learn the true meaning of the season" --
116) Tree of hope
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Lexile measure
AD 640L
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
1000L
Physical Desc
169 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Thirteen-year-old C.J. records in a journal the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause the Jackson family to leave their farm in Oklahoma and make the difficult journey to California, where they find a harsh life as migrant workers.
118) The Babe & I
Author
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
590L
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Language
English
Description
While helping his family make ends meet during the Depression by selling newspapers, a boy meets Babe Ruth.
Author
Publisher
Tu Books, an imprint of Lee & Low Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
HL 700L
Physical Desc
276 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
When ten-year-old Margaríta Sandoval's family moves to Wyoming during the Great Depression, she faces racism, homesickness, and the possibility that her grandmother's land in New Mexico may be lost. --
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010
Lexile measure
720L
Physical Desc
181 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1935, twelve-year-old Kit Kittredge's dog Grace mysteriously vanishes and Kit tries to figure out who took her and why. Includes information about pets and dog shows during the Great Depression.