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The dust storms that terrorized America's High Plains in the darkest years of the Depression were like nothing ever seen before or since, and the stories of the people who held on have never been fully told. Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist and author Timothy Egan follows a half-dozen families and their communities through the rise and fall of the region, going from sod homes to new framed houses to huddling in basements with the...
2) Dust storm!
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Series
Survivor diaries volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
590L
Language
English
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"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 Mexico. Includes survival tips"--Title verso page.
4) Dust storms
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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"Carefully leveled text and vibrant photographs help early fluent readers understand how dust storms form, the damage they can cause, and how to stay safe in one. Includes activity, glossary, and index."--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Sun Walks Down is a sweeping, propulsive epic set in colonial Australia from Fiona McFarlane, the award-winning author of The Night Guest and The High Places."--
In September 1883, the South Australian town of Fairly huddles under strange, vivid sunsets. Six-year-old Denny Wallace has gone missing during a dust storm, and the whole town is intent on finding him. As they search the desert and mountains for the lost child, the residents of Fairly...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
GN 860L
Language
English
Formats
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A speck of dust is a tiny thing. In fact, five of them could fit into the period at the end of this sentence.
On a clear, warm Sunday, April 14, 1935, a wild wind whipped up millions upon millions of these specks of dust to form a duster—a savage storm—on America's high southern plains.
The sky turned black, sand-filled winds scoured the paint off houses and cars, trains derailed, and electricity coursed through the air.
...7) Strangerland
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Newcomers to the remote Australian desert town of Nathgari, Catherine and Matthew Parker's lives are flung into crisis when they discover their two teenage kids, Tommy and Lily, have mysteriously disappeared just before a massive dust storm hits. With Nathgari eerily smothered in red dust and darkness, the townsfolk join the search led by local cop, David Rae. It soon becomes apparent that something terrible may have happened to Tommy and Lily.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
820L
Language
English
Description
"In 1910, Zada the camel treks across the West Texas desert to save two baby kestrels from an approaching haboob, a mountain-sized storm, sharing adventures from her youth in Turkey to keep them calm"--Title verso page.
11) Black blizzard
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 2
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English
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"A team's school bus breaks down in the middle of the desert after a disappointing loss at the State Championships, and a gathering dust storm threatens to turn their bus into a death trap. It will take some quick thinking to get through this!"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 6
Lexile measure
990L
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old girl keeps a journal of her family's and friends' difficult experiences in the Texas panhandle, part of the "Dust Bowl," during the Great Depression. Includes a historical note about life in America in 1935.
Author
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
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Description
Thirteen-year-old C.J. records in a journal the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause the Jackson family to leave their farm in Oklahoma and make the difficult journey to California, where they find a harsh life as migrant workers.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
530L
Language
English
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Description
In 1935, dust storms are sweeping across the southern plains of the United States, including Oklahoma. Twelve-year-old Millie is worried about her family's survival. The Dust Bowl is getting worse, and they're running out of food and money. Despite the hardships, Pa doesn't want to abandon the farm, which has been in the family for generations. But when the worst "black blizzard" yet hits, they have no choice. The family decides to make the journey...
15) The dust bowl
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English
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"Most people have at least seen a snowstorm on television, but imagine a storm of dust instead of snow. These were called 'black blizzards' in the Dust Bowl, which was the name for the Great Plains of the United States during the 1930s. Readers will learn what transformed green farmland and lush grassland into a disaster area, forcing thousands to leave, and finally how the land was restored. Stunning photographs reflect the conditions, while Make...
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Series
Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
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Description
"The events of the Dust Bowl period did not look the same to everyone involved--understanding depends on perspective. In the Viewpoints and Perspectives series, more advanced readers will come to understand different viewpoints by learning the context, significance, and details of the period through the eyes of three different people, while engaging with text through questions sparking critical thinking. Books include timeline, glossary, and index."--Provided...
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Lexile measure
830L
Language
English
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Description
Offers 12 different views on the environmental disaster that lasted for years. Each page provides information about what happened during the Dust Bowl and how it affected different people, along with interesting sidebars, questions to consider, and historical images.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
430L
Language
English
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Description
Ten-year-old Orry Jenkins is sick and tired of the dust. The year is 1935 and Kansas hasn't gotten enough rain in years. Instead of rainstorms, they get dust storms. One day, Orry and his little stepsister go outside to play. They're far from home when a huge dust storm comes up. Stranded alone on the plains, the children must find a way to survive the terrible black blizzard.
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Until the arrival of European and American settlers in the late nineteenth century, the southern Plains of the United States were predominantly grasslands, the home and hunting grounds of many Native American tribes and the range of untold millions of bison. It was seldom used for farming. Bitterly cold winters, hot summers, high winds and especially low, unreliable precipitation made it unsuitable for standard agriculture. But at the start of the...
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