Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless Michigan boy living during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--renowned bandleader H.E. Calloway.
As they plant trees and do other environmental projects for the Civilian Conservation Corps, Russian immigrants Pavel and Anatoly are happy to find employment during the Great Depression, but when other workers accuse them of not being "real Americans," Pavel and Anatoly learn the words to the Star Spangled Banner, newly designated by Congress as the national anthem.
Ten-year-old Bud, a motherless boy living in Flint, Michigan, during the Great Depression, escapes a bad foster home and sets out in search of the man he believes to be his father--the renowned bandleader, H.E. Calloway of Grand Rapids.
Presents an introduction to the Great Depression of the 1930s discussing the economic boom of the 1920s to the depressions conclusion during World War II, how Americans survived after losing their jobs and what the United States government did to combat the effects of the depression.
the untold story of those who survived the great American dust bowl
Egan, Timothy
Recounts the experiences of six families and they communities as they struggle to survive the dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains during the Great Depression.
Examines various aspects of World War II, looking at the conditions of the Great Depression in the years leading up to the conflict, and discussing the Holocaust, Hitler's underground bunker, and the Allied victory at Normandy.
in which the economy crashes, my sister's plans are ruined, my mom goes broke, my dad grows vegetables, and I do not get a hamster
Koss, Amy Goldman
A timely yet warm-hearted story follows ninth-grader Jacki and her family as hard economic times force the family to change the way they do everything.
During the Great Depression, Marshall, an African American boy, uses lessons learned in arithmetic class and guidance from his mother to figure out how many beans are in a jar in order to win her a new sewing machine in a contest.
