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Survival in the Storm

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By Katelan Janke
Publisher Scholastic
Survival in the Storm
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Description Fourteenyearold Katelan Janke writes this exciting and harrowing tale of Grace Edwards and her familys struggle to survive the dangers and despair of the American Dust Bowl.In fourteenyearold Katelan Jankes first Dear America book, we meet Grace Edwards, a little girl growing up in the heart of the Texas panhandle, in the midst of the Dust Bowl. Fierce, dustfilled winds ravage the plains and threaten the towns agricultural livelihood, creating poverty and despair among Graces neighbors. Will her familys farm survive?

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33827 words33,827 words
186 pages186 pages
Lexile 990LLexile 990L
Published 2002Published 2002

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Book ISBN:

9780439215992

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