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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1933, facing the hardships of the Great Depression, Ruth learns to follow her mother's example and count her lucky stars when she turns her disappointment over not being able to attend fourth grade into a blessing for her younger sister.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
During the Great Depression, Jack helps his mother make cookies for the needy at their church, learns the story of how the first Christmas cookies were used to spread the gospel to people who could not read, then finds a way to bring that story to life.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
690L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"During the Great Depression six-year-old Marvel, her seven siblings, and their mother find a tarpaper shack in the woods and, over the course of a year, turn it into a home. Based on the author's grandmother's childhood; includes historical notes"--Verso page.
7) The Babe & I
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
330L
Language
English
Description
While helping his family make ends meet during the Depression by selling newspapers, a boy meets Babe Ruth.
Author
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Washington, D.C., during the Great Depression, Muriel and her family have no money to prepare the seder meal until a mysterious stranger performs a Passover miracle. Includes notes on the Passover holiday, the Great Depression, and the history of the D.C. Jewish community.
10) Dust For Dinner
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
390L
Language
English
Description
Jake narrates the story of his family's life in the Oklahoma dust bowl and the journey from their ravaged farm to California during the Great Depression.
11) Wingwalker
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
650L
Language
English
Description
During the Depression, Reuben and his out-of-work parents move from Oklahoma to Minnesota, where his father gets a job as a carnival wingwalker and Reuben has a chance to overcome his terror of flying.
12) Leah's pony
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
570L
Language
English
Description
The magic tree house carries Jack and Annie to New York City in 1938 on a mission to rescue a magical unicorn from New York City. They arrive during one of the darkest periods in the city's history--the Great Depression. Even worse, the city is in the grip of a terrible snowstorm. Where will Jack and Annie ever find a unicorn in the city? And who are the mysterious people following them? Includes instructions to make a snow globe.
15) The shine man
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
During the hard times of 1932, a poor shoe shine man gives a child his cap, gloves, and an angel made from a spool, then receives a wonderful gift in return.
Author
Pub. Date
2001.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young girl and her out-of-work father ride the rails looking for a place to call home, but with Christmas approaching and no job, Poppa leaves her in a foster home, promising to return as soon as he can.
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