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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...
Author
Publisher
Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
710L
Physical Desc
329 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Antony and Cleopatra. Helen of Troy and Paris. Romeo and Juliet. And now... Henry and Flora. For centuries Love and Death have chosen their players. They have set the rules, rolled the dice, and kept close, ready to influence, angling for supremacy. And Death has always won. Always. Could there ever be one time, one place, one pair whose love would truly tip the balance? Meet Flora Saudade, an African-American girl who dreams of becoming the next...
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Series
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
409, 8 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The Great Depression has hit West Virginia hard. Men are out of work; women struggle to feed hungry children. Luckily, Nurse Becky Myers has returned to care for them. While she can handle most situations, Becky is still uneasy helping women deliver their babies. For these mothers-to-be, she relies on an experienced midwife, her dear friend Patience Murphy.
65) Risky Chance
Author
Series
Horse diaries volume 7
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
630L
Physical Desc
153 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the mid- to late-1930s, Risky Chance grows from a spirited colt to a winning racehorse, but an injury and the Great Depression bring hardship that only a special little girl can help him overcome.
66) The Lucky Star
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Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (40 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
It is 1933 and the Great Depression has ravaged the nation. Millions of people are out of work; thousands of families are struggling to keep a roof overhead and food on the table. But Momma still finds ways to count her blessings (lucky stars) from Ruth's new shoes to Poppa's new job. But where Momma sees the 'bright,' Ruth only sees the dark. Her shoes are hand-me-downs from a neighbor and Poppa's new job keeps him away from home for months. And...
67) Slider's son
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Publisher
North Star Press of St. Cloud
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
337 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Grant O'Grady wants nothing more than to be a major league baseball pitcher. He's only thirteen, but his dream seems possible...until Big Joe turns his life upside down. Grant and his buddies are no strangers to risk. At the end of the Great Depression in small-town North Dakota, money is tight, so Grant and his friends swipe coal from the coal train when it stops in town to fill its boiler. It's risky to climb the train cars, but so is climbing...
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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.
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
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.
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Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
Description
In 1934, eleven-year-old Terpsichore's father signs up for President Roosevelt's Palmer Colony project, uprooting the family from Wisconsin to become pioneers in Alaska, where Terpsichore refuses to let rough conditions and first impressions get in the way of her grand adventure.
75) Cloudmaker
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Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xvii, 430 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1937 Montana, fourteen-year-old Houston "Huck" Finn finds a dead body in a local creek and steals the man's rare Lindbergh flight watch. Huck is an aspiring aviator, working to build his own airplane-a secret he has kept from his God-fearing mother. His cousin, Annelise, arrives from Los Angeles for a long stay with his family, and Huck is initially wary until he learns she has had flight lessons. As his airplane takes shape, and the young cousins...
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Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
357 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Seattle, 1933. The city is in the grips of the Great Depression, Prohibition, and vice. Cutting his teeth on a small-time beat, hungry and ambitious young reporter William 'Shoe' Shumacher gets a tip that could change his career. There's been a murder at a social club on Profanity Hill--an underworld magnet for vice crimes only a privileged few can afford. The story is going to be front-page news, and Shoe is the first reporter on the scene. The...
79) Ella: a novel
Author
Publisher
Amistad
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First editon.
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When fifteen-year-old Ella Fitzgerald's mother dies at the height of the Depression in 1932, the teenager goes to work for the mob to support herself and her family. When the law finally catches up, the "ungovernable" adolescent is incarcerated in the New York Training School for Girls in upstate New York--a wicked prison infamous for its harsh treatment of inmates, especially Black ones. Determined to be free, Ella escapes and makes her way back...