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Part 3: Unit-Related Books

|TITLE |COPY-RIGHT |PUBLISHER |DESCRIPTION |RELATIONSHIP TO NOVEL | |

|AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR |DATE | | | | |

|Love to Langston |2002 |Lee & Lowe Books Inc. |A collection of poems by |-Depression-era life | |

|By Tony Medina | | |Langston Hughes that |-“I Do Not like my Father | |

|Illustrated by R. Gregory Christie | | |explore events or themes in|Much” and “Jazz Makes me Sing”| |

| | | |his life |echo feelings of Billy Joe | |

|Dust |2003 |Wendy Lamb Books |An 11-year-old boy explores|Adds suspense and mystery to a| |

|By Arthur Slade | | |the mysterious |further view of depression-era| |

|Jacket illustration by Jonathan Barkat | | |disappearance of others in |life | |

| | | |the Dust Bowl | | |

|Survival in the Storm |2002 |Scholastic Inc. |Part of the “Dear America |-Another first person | |

|By Katelan Janke | | |Series,” this novel follows|fictional account to | |

| | | |the format of a diary as |compliment Out of the Dust | |

| | | |kept by Grace Edwards who |-Also includes an Epilogue | |

| | | |lived in Texas in 1935 |with pictures and further | |

| | | | |historical information | |

|The Journal of C. J. Jackson |2002 |Scholastic Inc. |Another “Dear Amercia” book|-Compliments the unit by | |

|By William Durbin | | |that shows a boy’s |showing the migration aspect | |

| | | |migration from Oklahoma to |of this time period | |

| | | |California in search of |-Includes a map and other | |

| | | |work in 1935 |helpful features in the back | |

|Bud, Not Buddy |1999 |Yearling Books |Bud searches for his father|Gives students a view of how | |

|By Christopher Paul Curtis | | |in 1936 Michigan. |the depression affected urban | |

| | | | |areas and minority populations| |

|We Want Jobs |1993 |Raintree Steck- Vaughn |A Pennsylvania steelworker |Gives valuable information on | |

|By Robert J. Norrell | |Publishers |calls for government action|the social reforms that are | |

|Illustrated by Jan Naimo Jones | | |when he finds himself |mentioned as government | |

| | | |unemployed in 1929. |assistance in Out of the Dust | |

|Six Days in October |2002 |Atheneum Books for |-Non fiction chronicle of |This background is crucial for| |

|By Karen Blumenthal | |Young Readers |the stock market crash of |my students to understand the | |

| | | |1929 |circumstances that combined | |

| | | |-Full of great photographs!|with the drought to bring | |

| | | | |Billy Joe and her neighbors to| |

| | | | |such desperate circumstances. | |

|Black Tuesday |1995 |The Milbrook Press |-Non fiction account of the|Historical background of | |

|By Barbara Silberdick Feinberg | | |Jazz age years leading up |depression era leading to the | |

| | | |to the stock market crash |dust bowl years | |

| | | |on October 29, 1929 | | |

| | | |-More vintage photos | | |

|Sounder |1969 |Harper & Rowe |The classic tale of a |Gives a view of what life was | |

|By William H. Armstrong | |Publishers |child’s love for his |like for minorities and/or in | |

|Illustrated by James Barkley | | |beloved pet |the rural South during this | |

| | | | |time | |

|Dust Bowl Descent |1984 |University of Nebraska |*Amazing photographs of |Provides visual images and | |

|By Bill Ganzel | |Press |individuals during the dust|individual stories to breath | |

| | | |bowl years paired with how |life into this unit!! | |

| | | |they look today | | |

|America’s Great Disasters |2003 |Harper Collins |Chapter 3 is entitled |I like the condensed format of| |

|By Martin W. Sandler | |Publishers |“Droughts and Dust: |this chapter for giving a | |

| | | |Disaster from the Parched |quick look at the causes of | |

| | | |Earth.” |the dust bowl. | |

|Dust to Eat |2004 |Clarion Books |Personal anecdotes and |More background- especially | |

|Michael L. Cooper | | |vintage photographs fill |the John Steinbeck chapter | |

| | | |this nonfiction gem. | | |

|The Grapes of Wrath |1939 |Penguin Books |Classic tale of the |I’ll use quotes and try to | |

|By John Steinbeck | | |destitute Joad family |draw connections since this | |

| | | |migrating West in search of|novel is part of the 11th | |

| | | |prosperity |grade curriculum. | |

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