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Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on April 1, 2009
The Dust Bowl, with its interactive approach and second-person narrative, allows readers to experience what life was like during an uncertain time in U.S. history. The three separate storylines offer a strong sense of immediacy and a variety of perspectives. The young farmer in the first storyline, for instance, faces a series of tough decisions: Instead of wheat, which will “dry up and blow away,” should he try raising cattle? Will he survive his exposure to a dust storm? Will all his money (seventy-five ce...Log In or Sign Up to Read More




