By Candice Ransom
ISBN-10: 0761351892
ISBN-13: 9780761351894
ISBN-10: 0822578956
ISBN-13: 9780822578956
Ten-year-old Orry Jenkins is in poor health and uninterested in the dirt. The yr is 1935 and Kansas hasn't gotten adequate rain in years. rather than rainstorms, they get airborne dirt and dust storms. at some point, Orry and his little stepsister cross outdoor to play. they are faraway from domestic whilst an incredible dirt hurricane comes up. Stranded on my own at the plains, the kids needs to give you the option to outlive the poor black snowfall.
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45 Afterword The storm on Black Sunday ruined crops and killed livestock. Its winds raged at 50 miles per hour in a dust cloud 8,000 feet high. The next day, April 15, 1935, reporter Robert Geiger wrote a newspaper story about the storm. In it, he referred to the southern plains as the Dust Bowl. The name stuck. Black Sunday spurred many farm families to leave. They came from Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Nebraska, and Kansas. About 3,500,000 people packed their 46 This photograph shows a dust storm in Springfield, Colorado, in 1934.
Which way was back to Mildred? Was he still in the ditch? The world was all black wind and stinging sand. Don’t panic, he told himself. He was responsible for Mildred. He had to get them out—alive. 30 Orry began crawling again. The cardboard bumped his legs. He stumbled over a dust-covered lump. ” he cried, shoveling dirt with his hands. The lump stirred. ” Mildred was hugging Archie and sobbing. Orry held the cardboard over their heads like a tent. The wind tugged at it. He gripped until his fingers ached.
He had to get them out—alive. 30 Orry began crawling again. The cardboard bumped his legs. He stumbled over a dust-covered lump. ” he cried, shoveling dirt with his hands. The lump stirred. ” Mildred was hugging Archie and sobbing. Orry held the cardboard over their heads like a tent. The wind tugged at it. He gripped until his fingers ached. The storm raged on and on. They did not move from their shelter. 33 At last, the roaring stopped. Orry pushed at the cardboard roof. It wouldn’t budge. “Help me,” he said.