What Was the Great Depression?

What Was the Great Depression? - Paperback

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What Was the Great Depression? - Paperback

What Was the Great Depression? - Paperback

by Janet B. Pascal , Who Hq
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Book Overview

by Janet B. Pascal (Author), Who Hq (Author), Dede Putra (Illustrator)

On October 29, 1929, life in the United States took a turn for the worst. The stock market - the system that controls money in America - plunged to a record low. But this event was only the beginning of many bad years to come. By the early 1930s, one out of three people was not working. People lost their jobs, their houses, or both and ended up in shantytowns called "Hoovervilles" named for the president at the time of the crash. By 1933, many banks had gone under. Though the U.S. has seen other times of struggle, the Great Depression remains one of the hardest and most widespread tragedies in American history. Now it is represented clearly and with 80 illustrations in our What Was...? series.

Author Biography

Janet Pascal is an Executive Production Editor at Viking Children's Books and the author of Who Was Dr. Seuss?, Who Was Maurice Sendak?, and Who Was Abraham Lincoln? She lives in New York City.

Number of Pages: 112
Dimensions: 0.4 x 7.5 x 5.2 IN
Publication Date: December 22, 2015
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: What Was the Great Depression?
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 5.5
Point Value: 1
ISBN9780448484273
Author Janet B. Pascal , Who Hq
PublisherPenguin Workshop
GenreChildren and History
FormatPaperback
PublishedDecember 2015
LanguageENG- English
Pages112
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids and Teens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Who Hq

Ben Hubbard is an accomplished nonfiction author for children and adults with over 160 titles to his name. He has written about many subjects, from space, the samurai, and sharks, to poison, pets, and the Plantagenets. His books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookshops, schools, and libraries around the world. He currently lives in British Columbia, Canada.

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