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Children of the Great Depression
Contributor(s): Freedman, Russell (Author)

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ISBN: 0547480350     ISBN-13: 9780547480350
Publisher: Clarion Books
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Binding Type: Paperback
Published: December 2010
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Family - Multigenerational
Dewey: 305.230
Age Level: 10-12
Grade Level: 5-7
Lexile Measure: 1170(Not Available)
Guided Reading: X (Grade 6)
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 8.4" W x 9.8" L (1.00 lbs) 128 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Chronological Period - 1920's
- Chronological Period - 1930's
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 102968
Reading Level: 7.5   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 2.0
 
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Publisher Description:
As he did for frontier children in his enormously popular Children of the Wild West, Russell Freedman illuminates the lives of the American children affected by the economic and social changes of the Great Depression. Middle-class urban youth, migrant farm laborers, boxcar kids, children whose families found themselves struggling for survival . . . all Depression-era young people faced challenges like unemployed and demoralized parents, inadequate food and shelter, schools they couldn't attend because they had to go to work, schools that simply closed their doors. Even so, life had its bright spots--like favorite games and radio shows--and many young people remained upbeat and optimistic about the future.

Drawing on memoirs, diaries, letters, and other firsthand accounts, and richly illustrated with classic archival photographs, this book by one of the most celebrated authors of nonfiction for children places the Great Depression in context and shows young readers its human face. Endnotes, selected bibliography, index.


Contributor Bio(s): Freedman, Russell: - RUSSELL FREEDMAN received the Newbery Medal for Lincoln: A Photobiography. He is also the recipient of three Newbery Honors, a National Humanities Medal, the Sibert Medal, the Orbis Pictus Award, and the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, and was selected to give the 2006 May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture. Mr. Freedman lives in New York City and travels widely to research his books.
 
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