02304cam a2200421 4500 2702777951 TxAuBib 20260309120000.0 200206s1992||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780517880944 paperback $10.99 0517880946 paperback $10.99 9780517220948 paperback $10.99 0517220946 paperback $10.99 TxAuBib Stanley, Jerry, 1941-, author. Children of the Dust Bowl : the true story of the school at Weedpatch Camp / Jerry Stanley ; illustrated with photographs. Children of the Dust Bowl. True story of the school at Weedpatch Camp, The. True story of the school at Weedpatch Camp. First edition. New York : Yearling, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, 1992. 1 volume (85 pages) : illustrations ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 78-80) and index. Spur Award for Best Juvenile Non-Fiction, 1992. Mr. Steinbeck's book -- Mean clouds -- Mother road -- Dead time -- "Okie, go home!" -- Mr. Hart -- Weedpatch school -- Something to watch -- Our school -- Sunset school. This true story took place at the emergency farm-labor camp immortalized in Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. Ostracized as "dumb Okies," the children of Dust Bowl migrant laborers went without school -- until Superintendent Leo Hart and 50 Okie kids built their own school in a nearby field. Target age: 8-12 years old. 20260309. Children of migrant laborers Education California Arvin History 20th century Juvenile literature. Droughts Southwestern States History 20th century Juvenile literature. Depressions 1929 Great Plains Juvenile literature. Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 Juvenile literature. JUVENILE NONFICTION. History Juvenile literature. California Arvin Juvenile literature. Great Plains Juvenile literature. United States Southwestern States Juvenile literature.