Bibliograph

The great American Dust Bowl, written & illustrated by Don Brown

Type

Label

The great American Dust Bowl, written & illustrated by Don Brown

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 78)

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

GN860L, lexileSentence length: 4 (hard), Word frequency: 2 (easy), Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The great American Dust Bowl

Nature of contents

bibliographycomics graphic novels

Oclc number

859794182

Responsibility statement

written & illustrated by Don Brown

resource.studyProgramName

Reading Counts RC, 6-8, 6.60, 6.0, quiz: 61389.Accelerated Reader AR, Middle Grades, 5.1, 0.5, quiz: 160794.Accelerated Reader, MG, 5.1, .5.

Summary

A speck of dust is a tiny thing. In fact, five of them could fit into the period at the end of this sentence. On a clear, warm Sunday, April 14, 1935, a wild wind whipped up millions upon millions of these specks of dust to form a duster -- a savage storm on America's high southern plains. The sky turned black; sand-filled winds scoured the paint off houses and cars; trains derailed; and electricity coursed through the air. Sand and dirt fell like snow, people got lost in the gloom and suffocated ... and that was just the beginning

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification