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| Original Title: | Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards |
| ISBN: | 0439215994 (ISBN13: 9780439215992) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dear America |
| Setting: | Dalhart, Texas(United States) |
Katelan Janke
Hardcover | Pages: 192 pages Rating: 3.93 | 2049 Users | 103 Reviews
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| Title | : | Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards (Dear America) |
| Author | : | Katelan Janke |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 192 pages |
| Published | : | November 1st 2002 by Scholastic Inc. (first published September 2002) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Childrens. Young Adult. Middle Grade. Diary |
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This teen wrote the events of dust bowl panhandle area Texas in her diary. It can be read in one sitting and is super simple language. She relates the weather conditions, her family's difficulties in keeping the dust out of the house (this was truly horrendous) and the crop and economics of the farmers, just like her father. She relates in detail the dust pneumonia realities and the death of children. One of them her sister's best friend. She takes part in the hospital placements and care for some of those afflicted. It taught me a few facts that I knew from other "eyes" but this one was still worth the read. Her family's past neighbors that moved to CA for work- their letters were filled with detail. And I thought it was something how respectful people were to get "a job". Even if the job entailed work where their kids who had little or no food were still not allowed to eat the fallen and rotting fruit on site during the workday. And the "help" sent by government? Buying your dying cow or pig? Regardless, growing all that wheat for WWI took its toll. And burning wheat stub down before planting the same thing again! What a bitter lesson. My brother experienced sand storms in Iraq and he has pictures. I can't imagine how awful that dark must have been. And is.Rating Regarding Books Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards (Dear America)
Ratings: 3.93 From 2049 Users | 103 ReviewsWeigh Up Regarding Books Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards (Dear America)
"Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards" is a book in the Dear America series. It is written by fifteen-year-old Katelan Janke. The diary talks about what it would look like if you were living in the time period of the Dust Bowl. (The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that swept across Colorado, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.) In Katelan's diary, her family and other families as well, in Texas, are being effected by the Dust Bowl.Even through 4 years ofThis book was great at describing just how freaking scary a dust storm would be, especially the feeling of dread you'd feel as you watch it getting closer on the horizon. I also really enjoyed the characters, and how they embodied the sheer stubbornness of the time, and how it showed both the good and the bad of it. These people never gave up hope and the desire to stand on their own (good), but at the sane time, the arrogance and pride that only made them suffer more. It showed they were two
The fact that this book was written by a sixteen year old shows that she does have some talent. But this wasn't my absolute favorite Dear America book. It was pretty slow paced and the characters were a bit on the bland side. The historical facts were interesting especially because my grandparents grew up during this time period so I can see how they might have lived during this time period.
At first I wasn't sure how good this new Dear America book would be, since Katelan Janke, the author, is just fifteen years old. But I was pleasantly surprised, since she has written a book just as good as many of the Dear America books written by adult authors. Katelan Janke has written a fictional diary of a young girl living in Katelan's own hometown during the Great Depression. Twelve-year-old Grace Edwards has lived on a farm near Dalhart, Texas for her whole life. But it's 1935, and the
i would give it 100 stars but there is only 5
This book made me of "Grapes of Wrath" by Steinbeck and "Texas" by Michener.Six years of dust and depression. Finding good out of bad or no so good sitution.Milking cows, cooking by wood stove, canning and vegetable gardening.Simple things that most of us do not know how to do.California not the "promised land" as many thought.Political & Governmental programs that worked and didn't work.School lunch and Soil conservation good. others not so.Made me thankful for what I have today.Family and
Survival in the Storm (Dust Bowl) / 0-439-21599-4I realize that it's a common tactic in children's literature to make the adults in their lives capricious, unfair, or stupid in an attempt to heighten tension and propel drama that might not otherwise happen in the presence of consistent, fair, intelligent adults. But I've come to expect more from the Dear America series, and I am disappointed with "Survival in the Storm".Grace's parents have always dreamed of owning their own farm and the Texas
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