A graphic novel that captures the feelings and frustration of an eleven year old boy growing up in the Dust Bowl. Mr. Phelan reveals different feelings and aspects that probably plagued children/teens during this time.
A folklore tone.
Even though the story is fictional and mostly pictorial, the reader can learn about the Dust Bowl and what it was like.
A rocky father-son relationship is portrayed.
Warning: two swear words-hell and damn
Strategies: connections, synthesizing, summarizing, inferring
Text set:
Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Leah's Pony
The Great American Dust Bowl by Don Brown
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