Content: G (some deaths from the dust, one accident)
BUYING ADVISORY: EL, MS - ADVISABLE
APPEALS TO: SOME
12yo Joanna has dealt with her scoliosis all her life - a life already made difficult by the degrading conditions on her family farm and Oklahoma in general, as the land around them seems to dry right up. Her father has headed off to California, hoping to find work to send money back; and when her older brother breaks his leg in an accident, JOanna’s twin, Howe, has to leave school, which he loves, to help his mother keep the farm going. Joana finds purpose in helping the Red Cross nurses who have come to tend the victims of the dust, while Howe struggles to find his own way to happiness, but no one seems to be listening to him.
I love learning about history through novels - I don’t think our students are as eager for historical fiction as I am - especially when it is not war related. I would suggest you show this to a classroom teacher, especially in elementary, as it covers a wide variety of issues of the time, not just the Dust Bowl. I think it would be a great classroom read.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS
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