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knowledge and passion for this period,I am gratefulto the writers and historians Barry Broadfoot,James H.Gray,Barnett Singer and Robert Goldston for their fine works about thisperiod,and to the articles \"The Big Dry,\"which appeared in theJuly 4,1988,issue of Time,and\"Great Plains II,\"which appeared in theMarch 6,1989,issue of The New Yorker.All served as inspiration andas a rich source of information in the writing of this book.  \nKids Can Press Ltd.acknowledges with appreciationthe assistance of the Canada Council andthe Ontario Arts Council in the production of this book.  \nCanadian Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nBooth,David  \nThe dust bowl  \nISBN 1-55074-295-7  \n1.Depressions-1929-Prairie Provinces-Juvenile fiction.  \nI.Reczuch,Karen.II.Title.  \nPS8553.067D81996 jC813'.54C96-9300840  \nPZ7.B66Du 1996  \nText copyright ◎1996 by David BoothIllustrations copyright ◎1996 by Karen Reczuch  \nThe artwork in this book was rendered in graphite penciland watercolour on Lanaquarelle paper.  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system or transmitted,in any form or by anymeans,without the prior written permission of Kids Can Press Ltd.or,in case of photocopying or other reprographic copying,a licence from CANCOPY(Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency),6 Adelaide Street East,Suite 900,Toronto,ON,M5C 1H6.  \nKids Can Press Ltd.  \n29 Birch Avenue  \nToronto,Ontario,Canada  \nM4V 1E2  \nEdited by Debbie Rogosin  \nDesigned by Karen Powers  \nPrinted in Hong Kong byWing King Tong Company Limited  \n# THE DUST BOWL\n\nWritten by David BoothIllustrated by Karen Reczuch  \nKids Can Press Ltd.Toronto  \nn Sunday morning,the wind blew outside the kitchenwindow.Matthew wiped the dust from his cereal bowl.He was usedto removing the fine coating from everything in the house.It wasalmost as dusty inside as out.From the sideboard,the pictures of hismother and his grandma smiled at him.  \nWhen his father and his grandpa joined him at the table,theydidn't say much,but he knew what they were thinking.Finally,heblurted out,“We aren't going to sell the farm,are we?”  \nHis father set down his coffee mug and looked at Matthew'sgrandpa.\"How much longer can we last,Pop?\"  \n\"As long as it takes,\"Grandpa answered.  \n\"But the crops won't make it this year,\"his father snapped.\"Without rain there'll be no grain.Without grain,there'll beno money.”  \nMatthew said nothing.His grandpa stood up and walked overto the window.“The rain will come.The wheat will grow.It's notas bad as the last drought.\"  \nMatthew's father pushed his chair back angrily and wentoutside.He began to work in the small garden below the porch.","cbCaiiZAnDsapHaU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiiZAnDsapHaU","pdf",2627721,"English","# Chapter 1: Dusty Morning\n## Matthew and the Dust in the Kitchen\n## Farm Survival and Family Tension\n## The Argument About Rain and Crops","[{\"question\":\"How does Grandpa respond to the 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