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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Drylongso Drylongso Virginia Hamilton As a great wall of dust moves across their drought-stricken farm, a family's distress is relieved by a young man called Drylongso, who literally blows into their lives with the storm. OL112116W
Dust storm! Dust storm! Terry Lynn Johnson "Separated from their group during a sixth-graders geocaching trip, Jen Chiu and her mortal enemy, Martin Diaz, are caught in a dust storm in the desert near Las Cruces, New Mexio desert. When their … OL19762791W
Children of the dust days Children of the dust days Karen Mueller Coombs Focuses on the experiences of children during the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s, when prolonged drought, coupled with farming techniques, caused massive erosion from Texas to Canada's wheat fields. OL1995174W
The Dust Bowl The Dust Bowl Allison Lassieur "Describes the people and events of the U.S. Dust Bowl. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspectives of a farmer, a migrant worker, and a government photographer"--Provide… OL2750511W
Treasures in the dust Treasures in the dust Tracey Porter Eleven-year-old Annie and her friend Violet tell of the hardships endured by their families when dust storms, drought, and the Great Depression hit rural Oklahoma. OL3360435W
Angels in the dust Angels in the dust Margot Theis Raven Great Grandma Annie reminisces about life on her family's Oklahoma farm during the terrible drought of the 1930s when the region was known as the "Dust Bowl." OL3743125W
The dust bowl The dust bowl John Farris Discusses the disastrous drought in the United States during the 1930s which made a "dust bowl" out of a part of the Great Plains, causing great hardship to farmers. OL4465630W
Dust Bowl, USA Dust Bowl, USA Brad D. Lookingbill "Dust Bowl, USA is a critical examination of the myths and memories that grew out of the hard times in the Great Plains. Across the nation, newspapers, magazines, books, films, and songs produced ima… OL5850457W