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United States Historical Fiction
The Great Depression (1929-1939)
Hard Times: A Story of the Great Depression
by Nancy Antle
JF ANTLE, N.
In 1933, when drought and the Depression lay waste to their native Oklahoma, fifth-grader Charlie and his family are forced to leave their home and search for a new way of life.
Macaroni Boy
by Katherine Ayres
JF AYRES, K.
In Pittsburgh in 1933, sixth-grader Mike Costa notices a connection between several strange occurrences, but the only way he can find out the truth about what's happening is to be nice to the class bully. Includes historical facts.
A Place to Belong
by Emily Crofford
JF CROFFORD, E.
In 1935, after his family loses their farm and is forced to move onto an Arkansas plantation, sixth-grader Talmadge struggles to endure their harsh new life and fights to stay in school against his mother's wishes.
Saving Grace
by Priscilla Cummings
JF CUMMINGS, P.
When Grace's family is evicted from their Washington, D.C., apartment just before Christmas 1932, and she and her younger brothers are sent to the Mission, Grace wonders what will become of her sick older brother, her pregnant mother, and her out-of-work father.
A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt
by C. Coco De Young
JF DE YOUNG, C.
Eleven-year-old Margo fulfills a class assignment by writing a letter to Eleanor Roosevelt asking for help to save her family's home during the Great Depression.
The Journal of C.J. Jackson : A Dust Bowl Migrant
by William Durbin
JF DURBIN, W.
Thirteen-year-old C.J. records in a journal the conditions of the Dust Bowl that cause the Jackson family to leave their farm in Oklahoma and make the difficult journey to California, where they find a harsh life as migrant workers.
Out of the Dust
by Karen Hesse
JF HESSE, K.
In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family's wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the Depression.
Survival in the Storm: The Dust Bowl Diary of Grace Edwards
by Katelan Janke
JF JANKE, K.
A twelve-year-old girl keeps a journal of her family's and friends' difficult experiences in the Texas panhandle, part of the "Dust Bowl," during the Great Depression. Includes a historical note about life in America in 1935.
Borrowed Children
by George Ella Lyon
JF LYON, G.
Having been forced to act as mother and housekeeper during Mama's illness, twelve-year-old Amanda has a holiday in Memphis, far removed from the Depression drudgery of her Kentucky mountain family, and finds her world expanding even as she grows to understand and appreciate her own background.
Rose's Journal: The Story of a Girl in the Great Depression
by Marissa Moss
JF MOSS, M.
Rose keeps a journal of her family's difficult times on their farm during the days of the Dust Bowl in 1935.
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