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"[A]n epic novel of love and heroism and hope, set against the backdrop of one of America's most defining eras--the Great Depression. Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods as the crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all. One of the darkest periods of the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl era, has arrived with...
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Route 66 novels (Dorothy Garlock) volume 2
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[2004]
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English
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During the Depression, a woman heads to California on Route 66 to pursue her dream of becoming a movie star, but her boyfriend's reappearance threatens to sidetrack her goals.
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[2012]
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English
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Historical Fiction- MID/ JF
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Historical Fiction- MID/ JF
If You Like Anne of Green Gables, Read These!
Womens History Month - JF
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With love and determination befitting the "world's greatest family," twelve-year-old Deza Malone, her older brother Jimmie, and their parents endure tough times in Gary, Indiana, and later Flint, Michigan during the Great Depression.
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