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Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl

Published: 2009
Genre: Nonfiction
Pages: 128
Words: 24174

Reading measures

Accelerated Reader level: 7.4
AR interest level: MG — middle grades, 4–8
Lexile: 1040L
Suggested reading age: ages 10–17

In the 1930s, dangerous black storms swept through the Great Plains. Created by drought and reckless farming, these lethal storms were part of an environmental, economic, and human catastrophe that changed the course of American history.

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ISBN

ISBN-13: 9780525420774
ISBN-10: 0525420770