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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
A novel of star-crossed lovers, set in the circus world circa 1932. When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there...
Author
Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2002, c1997
Edition
1st pbk. ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
During the "Great Depression," a family seeking work finds employment for two weeks digging potatoes in Idaho.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Twenty-year-old Honora Beecher, married to Sexton in 1929 after a three-month courtship, comes to realize that her husband is not trustworthy and finds herself increasingly drawn to McDermott, a principled loom fixer at a nearby mill where Sexton has been forced to take employment after losing his job due to the stock market crash.
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 23 x 29 cm. + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
During the Depression in the Louisiana bayou, a curious young girl helps the "Swamp Ghost" that her cousins warned her about and finds herself with one good friend.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pleasant
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
67 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
On a visit to Cincinnati from rural Kentucky during the Great Depression, Aunt Millie impresses Kit with her money-saving cleverness. Includes information on life in America during the Great Depression.
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
180 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 17 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
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"It's my sister's turn to eat," a hungry child tells her teacher. Quotes like that one bring home what it was like to be young and poor in Depression America. This stirring photo-essay combines such unforgettable personal details with a clear historical overview of the period and black-and-white photos by Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, and many others. As Freedman says, these images "convey in human terms the true meaning of economic statistics." His...
Author
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
177 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Kit, working as a reporter for the children's page of the "Cincinnati Register," goes to the local theater hoping to do an article on what goes on behind the scenes, and decides to do a bit of investigating on the side when the night's receipts are stolen.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Step back in time and witness a turbulent time period for the Unites States: the Great Depression through World War II. The past will come to life with well-researched, clearly written informational text, primary sources with accompanying questions, charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps, multiple prompts, and more. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Core Library is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
Author
Publisher
Greenwillow Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
During the Great Depression, Davey learns that a neighbor's property is about to be auctioned, and he rallies his friends, neighbors, and family to help save Strawberry Farm.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
When the Depression hits in Cairo, Illinois, and Oscar Ogilvie's father must sell their home and vast model train set-up to look for work in California, eleven-year-old Oscar is left with his dour aunt, where he befriends a mysterious drifter, witnesses a stunning bank robbery, and is suddenly catapulted onto a train that takes him to a different time and place.
Author
Publisher
Pleasant
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 4
Physical Desc
178 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1934, Kit visits her aunt Millie in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky and finds herself investigating who is sabotaging a folklore researcher.
15) Wingwalker
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
63 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
During the Depression, Reuben's father becomes a carnival wingwalker and Reuben has a chance to overcome his terror of flying.
Author
Series
Family tree (Ann M. Martin) volume 1
Publisher
Random House/Listening Library
Pub. Date
p2013.
Edition
Unabridged.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 7
Physical Desc
4 sound discs (4 hr., 34 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1930 Abby Nichols is an eight-year-old girl growing up in Maine, but as the Depression deepens, and her mother dies, the responsibility of taking care of her family falls to her, and she has to put her dreams of going to college and becoming a writer on hold.
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