great depression, 1929-1939

When the devastation wrought by endless dust storms in 1930s Oklahoma makes orphans of Jack, his schoolmate Jane, and her brother Tony, they take the truck of a dead man and set out to find a new start.

Four black children growing up in rural Mississippi during the Depression experience racial antagonisms and hard times, but learn from their parents the pride and self-respect they need.

"Set in Depression Era Virginia, this is the story of orphaned Amelia and her struggle to keep her siblings together"--Provided by publisher.

A collection of stories about American Girl Kit Kittredge, who tries to help her family during the Great Depression.

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.

Ninety-year-old Jacob Jankowski finds himself haunted by memories of his past in the circus and the freaks, exotic animals, and other people he encountered as a performer.

On a visit to Cincinnati from rural Kentucky during the Great Depression, Aunt Millie impresses Kit with her money-saving cleverness.

In 1934, during the Depression, Kit's cantankerous uncle comes to live in the Cincinnati boardinghouse run by her parents, enlisting her aid in transcribing his complaining letters to the editor of the local newspaper and inspiring her to write a different kind of letter of her own.

Kit faces a very different Christmas because of her family's financial problems and allows her pride to estrange her from her best friend.

Ruthie Smithens doesn't mind being "goofy Ruthie" if it makes her best friend, Kit Kittredge, smile and forget about the hardships of the Depression, but when Ruthie finds out that the Kittredges are going to be evicted, she makes up her mind to help.