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Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp Paperback – January 1, 1992

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4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 447 ratings
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Illus. with photographs from the Dust Bowl era. This true story took place at the emergency farm-labor camp immortalized in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. 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.
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    8 - 12 years
  2. Print length
    85 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    3 - 7
  5. Lexile measure
    1120L
  6. Dimensions
    8.1 x 0.29 x 9.31 inches
  7. Publisher
    Yearling
  8. Publication date
    January 1, 1992
  9. ISBN-10
    0517880946
  10. ISBN-13
    978-0517880944
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"The story is inspiring, and Stanley has recorded the details with passion and dignity. An excellent curriculum item."--(starred) Booklist.   

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

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Yearling; First Edition (January 1, 1992)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 85 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0517880946
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0517880944
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 8 - 12 years
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 1120L
  • Grade level ‏ : ‎ 3 - 7
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8.1 x 0.29 x 9.31 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 447 ratings

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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California, Kern County, Sunset labor camp, Weedpatch, Lamont, Arvin history
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California, Kern County, Sunset labor camp, Weedpatch, Lamont, Arvin history
True story, historically accurate . Good things to know about our past in the USA. Lots of photographs to enjoy.
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Holmstrom Family
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely amazing!!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2024
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This book is amazing and so inspiring! It was very educational and told me a lot that I didn't know! I loved it and would definitely recommend!
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KMG
5.0 out of 5 stars informative of that time
Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2022
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great addition to my history library for my 10 year old kids. Gave an insightful view of what it was like for people of that area and time. great jumping off points to speak politics and local elections and how property taxes affect the people in the area, who believe they have ownership and responsibility of the schools.
Gave my kids something tangible to be able to relate and understand others in similar situations throughout history. Discrimination happens all the time - for many different reasons.
i also read this one around the time i read "They called us enemy" about the japanese segregation and encampment in America, after pearl harbor.
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K. G. McCoy
4.0 out of 5 stars A book for all ages
Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2012
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This book was billed as being aimed at students, but as an adult I found it very interesting. It told another side of the events captured by Steinbeck in The Grapes of Wrath. I've actually recommended it to my book club as a good spring board for discussion of how things change and don't change.
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kerri
5.0 out of 5 stars Great historical book!
Reviewed in the United States on January 29, 2024
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Great for Oklahoma and California history.
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Lou
5.0 out of 5 stars engaging look at migrant life
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2016
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What an interesting, but depressing book. It accentuates how little human beings have evolved to this day. If not for the exception of a few good people, those less fortunate would be left to die. I’m not a big history buff, but this book took me to the panhandle. I suffered along with the people presented in this tale and journeyed with them to what they thought would be salvation. I suffered their angst when they realized life was no better here for them and rejoiced when the superintendent took an interest in one group of migrants and helped them learn to better themselves and life around them. An amazing gentleman and amazing, hard-working, earnest migrants. Their unfailing determination in the face of poverty, illness, and bigotry is a lesson to us all to this day. Tons of photographs bring the story to life and help break up big chunks of text. Older children will find this book fascinating!
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Mary
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2023
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Good book for my grandchildren to read
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Pat
5.0 out of 5 stars Dust bowl
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2024
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Riveting book
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Marjorie Eldred
5.0 out of 5 stars Overwhelming!
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2015
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Overwhelming! So many things about this book stirred deep emotion in me. This story related to the people who left the Dust Bowl in search of a better life during the Depression and traveled Route 66 to Southern California. The deprivations and discrimination they suffered touched me deeply. I was shocked to read of the hard-heartedness of many Californians; I didn't want to believe it.
One of the wonderful things about this book is the story of one man who made up his mind to make a difference for the "Okies." Using the attitudes of the majority he found a way to acceptance and inclusion for those who had been rejected and shunned.
My parents were young adults during the "dirty thirties" and lived in the Dust Bowl. Since their destination was not California, but Oregon, this is a part of the story I had never heard. Thank you Jerry Stanley for telling this amazing story and including so many revealing pictures.
Marjorie Eldred, Author of Seizing the Treasure: 101 Nuggets to Warm Your Heart, Journey From Addiction to Freedom, and Blooms, Blunders and Blessings. http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Books+by+Marjorie++Eldred&rh=n%3A283155%2Ck%3ABooks+by+Marjorie++Eldred
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