Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
8.1
Points
4.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
19456
Points per Word
0.000206
Page Count
128
Points per Page
0.03125
Series
In American History
Description
This book examines the conditions that led to the severe drought and terrible dust storms that destroyed crops and farmland during the 1930s and shows how some families managed to survive with help from the federal and state governments.