Stanley, Jerry, 1941-

Children of the Dust Bowl : the true story of the school at Weedpatch Camp / Jerry Stanley ; illustrated with photographs. - 1st ed. - New York : Crown, c1992. - 85 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-80) and index.

Children's Catalog (Wilson) ALA Notable Books *SLJ*

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.

6.5 Follett Library Resources 5-8

0517587815 : $15.00 ($19.00 Can.) 0517587823 (lib. bdg.) : $15.99 0517880946

92000393 /AC/r92


Children of migrant laborers--Education--History--Juvenile literature.--California--Arvin--20th century
Droughts--History--Juvenile literature.--Southwestern States--20th century
Depressions--Juvenile literature.--Great Plains--1929
Depressions--Juvenile literature.--Southwestern States--1929
Migrant labor--California.
Depressions--1929.
Migrant labor.
Depressions, Economic.

LC5152.C2 / S73 1992

371.96/75/0979488