depressions

In 1933, when her father's foot injury makes it impossible for him to do farm work for a while, thirteen-year-old Agnes steps in, proving herself and revealing her understanding of him.

An African-American girl describes the hard work and the rewards involved in growing up on a farm during the Depression of the 1930s.

An introduction to the stock market crash of 1929 that explains why the crash occurred, what role the government had in the crash, and how the crash impacted the American people as well as European countries.

During the Great Depression, Jack helps his mother make cookies for the needy at their church, learns the story of how the first Christmas cookies were used to spread the gospel to people who could not read, then finds a way to bring that story to life.

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.

Two restless brothers, Monroe and Blue, learn quickly about life and the nature of people while following the railroad tracks in the Southwest during the Depression.

Lizzie's family is suffering hard times during the Depression until long-lost Grandpa Jake appears on their doorstep and generates some needed changes.

After her father dies, Seely and her family move to the city where her mother feels life will be easier, but life in the city presents a new set of problems that the family has not encountered before.

When his father moves away to find work and his mother becomes ill, Danny struggles to help his family during the Great Depression.

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.