depressions

Ten-year-old Beans Curry, a member of the Keepsies, the best marble playing gang in Depression-era Key West, Florida, engages in various schemes to earn money while "New Dealers" from Washington, D.C., arrive to turn run down Key West into a tourist resort.

In 1931 Cameroon, young Kedi is upset to learn that children in her American teacher's village of New York are going hungry because of the Great Depression, and she asks her mother, neighbors, and even the headman for money to help. Includes historical notes.

"The Roaring Twenties ... came to a screeching halt in October 1929. The U.S. stock market crashed, kicking off one of the largest and longest depressions in the country's history"--Back cover.

In 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who does not like children, eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives she has never met in far away Key West, Florida.

In 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who does not like children, eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives she has never met in far away Key West, Florida.

Describes the life of Augie March, a poor Chicago boy growing up during the Depression, and his search for a career.

". . . explains the causes and effects of the [Stock Market Crash of 1929], and how changes were put in place to prevent such a devastating event from happening again"--OCLC.

Demonstrates that the world is headed toward an economic disaster of unprecedented proportions that will occur in 1990 and will continue until at least 1996.

"The events surrounding the Great Depression did not look the same to everyone involved. Step back in time and into the shoes of a government worker, a Civilian Conservation Corps worker, and a young daughter of an unemployed banker as readers act out the scenes that took place in the midst of this historic event. Written with simplified . . . text to help struggling readers, books in this series are made to build confidence as readers engage and read aloud"--Provided by publisher.