Age
8-12
Grade
3-7
Kate Connell
Hoping for Rain: The Dust Bowl Adventures of Patty and Earl Buckler
Paperback
(National Geographic Children's Books Sept. 1, 2004)
Like many farmers living in the Great Plains during the 1930s, the Bucklers are ravaged by months of dust storms and drought. Out of desperation, they travel West with their children, Patty and Earl, in hopes of finding new prosperity. Through letters and diary entries written by the Buckler children, readers witness the disaster of the Dust Bowl and the countless days spent wishing for an end to the drought - and their hunger. As they travel across the country, young Earl searches for work so he can help provide for the family. using the children's first-person accounts as well as period illustrations and photographs, the book accurately depicts the devastating effects of the Dust Bowl in the 1930s and '40s.
- Series
- I Am American
- ISBN
- 0792269039 / 9780792269038
- Pages
- 40
- Weight
- 2.4 oz.
- Dimensions
- 7.0 x 0.1 in.
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