Children of the Dust Bowl The True S..., Jerry Stanley
Children of the Dust Bowl The True S..., Jerry Stanley
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Children of the Dust Bowl: The True Story of the School at Weedpatch Camp

Author: Jerry Stanley

Narrator: Fred Sullivan

Unabridged: 1 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/03/2024

Synopsis

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. "The story is inspiring, and Stanley has recorded the details with passion and dignity. An excellent curriculum item."--(starred) Booklist.

About Jerry Stanley

Jerry Stanley is the author of several highly praised books for young readers, including Children of the Dust Bowl, winner of the Orbis Pictus Award; I Am an American, an ALA Notable Book; and Hurry Freedom, a National Book Award nominee and winner of the Orbis Pictus Award. He is a former professor of history at California State University–Bakersfield.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Wayne on February 06, 2017

This is a short picture book that focuses on a migrant camp that was mentioned in Steinbecks, Grapes of Wrath. I am familiar with the camp, having grown up and gone to school right next to it. My grandparents were part of the Dustbowl exodus (one of them, my grandmother, Viola White, is still livin......more

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"The story is inspiring, and Stanley has recorded the details with passion and dignity. An excellent curriculum item."--(starred) Booklist.   

Awards

  • Booklist Books for Youth Editors' Choice
  • Virginia Library Association Jefferson Cup Book Award
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