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Angels in the Dust

by Margot Theis Raven

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Great Grandma Annie reminisces about life on her family's Oklahoma farm during the terrible drought of the 1930s when the region was known as the "Dust Bowl."

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Grades; k-6; This book was sad but it ends with a good ending.

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Margot Theis Raven

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Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee – Children's – 2000)

Skipping Stones Honor Award (Ecology & Nature Books – 1998)

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Teacher Favorites Award (1998)

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Canonical title: Angels in the Dust
Original publication date: 1997

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Genre: Children's Books
DDC/MDS: 516 — Natural sciences & mathematics Mathematics Geometry
LCC: PZ7 .A — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres

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Languages: English
Media: Paper
ISBNs: 3

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Published: 1997
Genre: Children's Books
DDC/MDS: 516
LCC: PZ7 .A

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