Dust for Dinner (I Can Read! Level 3: Reading Alone)

by Ann Turner (Author) Robert Barrett (Illustrator)

Jake and Maggy lived on a farm where they loved to sing and dance to the music from Mama's radio. Then terrible dust storms came and ruined the land. The family had no choice but to auction off the farm and make the long, hard journey west to California-away from the dust storms, where the land is still green.Along the way, Papa tries to find work, and Jake and Maggy try to help too. But what if Papa can't find a job? What if California isn't better after all?Ann Turner's dramatic story about the dust bowl, set during the Great Depression and beautifully captured in Robert Barrett's paintings, shows how one family stays together during difficult times.
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Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780064442251
Lexile Measure
500
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication date
February 01, 1997
Series
I Can Read! Level 3: Reading Alone
BISAC categories
JUV039070 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Homelessness & Poverty
JUV013000 - Juvenile Fiction | Family | General
JUV016150 - Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century
JUV043000 - Juvenile Fiction | Readers | Beginner
Library of Congress categories
Family life
Depressions
1929
Farm life
Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939

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