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Depressions Depressions 1929 Fiction Depressions 1929 Juvenile fiction Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 Ghost stories New Deal, 1933-1939 New Deal, 1933-1939 Juvenile literature United States History 1919-1933 United States History 1933-1945 United States History 1933-1945 Juvenile literatureFavreau, Marc
Summary: "Marc Favreau documents the Great Depression--a time when Americans from all walks of life fell victim to poverty, insecurity, and fear--and tells the incredible story of how they survived and, ultimately, thrived. This is the story of the Great Depression in the United States, from the sweeping consequences of the market collapse to the more personal stories of individuals and communities...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.91 FAVSummary: After her father leaves to find work during the Great Depression, Kit's mother takes in boarders, and when the lockbox with the family money disappears, Kit sets out to solve the mystery.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: New Line Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD KITEgan, Timothy
Summary: "The dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since, and the stories of the people who held on have never been fully told. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist and author Timothy Egan follows a half-dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, going from sod homes...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 978 EGACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 978 EGACopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 978.03 EGACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US EganSummary: "A history of the Great Depression, based on primary source documents and other historical artifacts. Features include period art works and photographs; excerpts from literary works, letters, speeches, broadcasts, and diaries; summary boxes; a timeline; maps; and a list of additional resources"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, Inc. 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.916 GREHaddix, Margaret Peterson
Summary: "Colin and Nevaeh are great at finding things. After all, they found each other and became best friends--even though their parents are business rivals. They also found hidden boxes of secret letters, which led them to unravel mysteries about kids from the 1970s. But when they started Mystery Solvers Inc., they didn't expect to be asked to find a ghost. Ree recruits them to investigate a series...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC HADMcDaniel, Melissa
Summary: Learn about the Great Depression, from its roots in the economic boom of the 1920s to its conclusion during World War II.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.916 MCDMoss, Marissa.
Summary: Rose keeps a journal of her family's difficult times on their farm during the days of the Dust Bowl in 1935.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Silver Whistle/Harcourt 2001
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC MOSHolm, Jennifer L.
Summary: Ten-year-old Beans Curry, a member of the Keepsies, the best marble playing gang in Depression-era Key West, Florida, engages in various schemes to earn money while "New Dealers" from Washington, D.C., arrive to turn run down Key West into a tourist resort.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD HOLRuby, Laura
Summary: "When Frankie's mother died and her father left her and her siblings at an orphanage in Chicago, it was supposed to be only temporary -- just long enough for him to get back on his feet and be able to provide for them once again. That's why she is not prepared for the day when he arrives for his weekend visit with a new woman on his arm and out-of-state train tickets in his pocket. Now Frankie...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2020
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC RUBBurgan, Michael.
Summary: "Describes the people and events of the Great Depression. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspectives of a Bonus Army marcher, a teenager riding the rails, and a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps"--Provided by publisher.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC YOUStanley, Jerry
Summary: Describes the plight of the migrant workers who traveled from the Dust Bowl to California during the Depression and were forced to live in a federal labor camp and discusses the school that was built for their children.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 1992
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Summary: Tired of doing chores and longing for adventure during the Great Depression, Kit meets a hobo and decides to hop a freight train.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pleasant Company Publications 2001
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC TRIDurbin, William
Summary: Thirteen-year-old C.J. records in a journal the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause the Jackson family to leave their farm in Oklahoma and make the difficult journey to California, where they find a harsh life as migrant workers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC DURWatkins, T. H. (Tom H.)
Summary: It was the worst of times and the best of times. It was an era of unprecedented crisis and a time of unprecedented courage. Now, in a single, comprehensive volume, The Hungry Years tells the story of the Great Depression through the eyes of the people who lived through it. Less concerned with the power brokers in Washington than with the daily struggles of ordinary people at the grassroots...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt & Co. 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.916 WATTaylor, Mildred D.
Summary: Why is the land so important to Cassie's family? It takes the events of one turbulent year -- the year of the night riders and the burnings, the year a white girl humiliates Cassie in public simply because she's black -- to show Cassie that having a place of their own is the Logan family's lifeblood. It is the land that gives the Logans their courage and pride -- no matter how others may...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC TAYDagg, Carole Estby.
Summary: In 1934, eleven-year-old Terpsichore's father signs up for President Roosevelt's Palmer Colony project, uprooting the family from Wisconsin to become pioneers in Alaska, where Terpsichore refuses to let rough conditions and first impressions get in the way of her grand adventure.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nancy Paulsen Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DAGRichardson, Kim Michele
Summary: Junia, a dedicated mule with an important job, assists in delivering books and reading material to people in the Kentucky hills and woods during the Great Depression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2024
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Summary: In 1933, when twelve-year-old Hallie Turner and her brothers, Tom and Benny, take to the road seeking whatever work they can get, they find kindness in small-town Kansas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sleeping Bear Press 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DALRuby, Laura
Summary: When Frankie's mother died and her father left her and her siblings at an orphanage in Chicago, it was supposed to be only temporary - just long enough for him to get back on his feet and be able to provide for them once again. That's why she is not prepared for the day that he arrives for his weekend visit with a new woman on his arm and out-of-state train tickets in his pocket. Now Frankie...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC RUBCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC RUBCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fiction Ruby 2019Lüsted, Marcia Amidon
Summary: Introduces the Great Depression, inviting readers to investigate its causes, offering insights into daily life and how the economics of the time shaped politics, and discussing Roosevelt's New Deal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nomad Press, A division of Nomad Communications 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Two migrant workers, George and Lennie, have been let off a bus miles away from the California farm where they are due to start work. George is a small, dark man with Lennie, his companion, is his opposite, a giant of a man. Overcome with thirst, the two stop in a clearing to camp for the night. As the two converse, it becomes clear that Lennie has a mild mental disability, is deeply devoted to...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV OFHolm, Jennifer L.
Summary: In 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who does not like children, eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives she has never met in far away Key West, Florida.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Playaway 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J PA FIC HOLKimmel, Elizabeth Cody.
Summary: Before Kit can write a news story about an upcoming sold-out jazz concert, sinister pranks threaten to cancel the show and Kit is falsely accused of stealing a valuable trumpet. Includes an "Inside Kit's World" essay about the popularity of jazz and swing music during the Depression.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Publishing 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC KIMTripp, Valerie
Summary: A modern-day girl finds herself in 1933 Cincinnati, Ohio, and as she and Kit experience life during the Great Depression, the reader is invited to choose how Kit might help her family and others who are less fortunate.
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Publisher / Publication Date: American Girl Publishing 2014