Great elephant escape by Townsend, Una Belle 

BTSB Prebound(Pelican, 2012)

BTSB #: 886160 Available

Dewey: EAges: 5-8   


Genres: Animals Family Life

Subjects: Wildlife rescue - Fiction Elephants - Fiction Siblings - Fiction Oklahoma - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In July, 1975, after discovering that an animal has eaten everything in their Hugo, Oklahoma, garden, Annie and Jimmy follow the story of two young elephants who escaped from the circus.

Millie and the great drought : a Dust Bowl survival story [Girls Survive]by Deen, Natasha 

Paperback(Stone Arch, 2023)

BTSB #: 268368 Available

Dewey: FAges: 8-12   
AR: 3.9 MG Lexile: 530 F&P: T

Genres: Historical Fiction Family Life

Subjects: Dust Bowl Era, 1931-1939 - Fiction Droughts - United States - Fiction Dust storms - United States - Fiction Family life - Fiction Internal migration - Fiction Cimarron County (Okla.) - History - Fiction Oklahoma - History|y20th century - Fiction California - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Millie's family is hesitant to leave the farm their family has owned for generations, but after Black Sunday they leave Oklahoma for California where they find a new kind of stuggle.

Salt magic by Larson, Hope 

Paperback(Holiday House, 2021)

BTSB #: 543629 Available

Dewey: 741.5/NAges: 10-14   
F&P: Z

Genres:

Subjects: Graphic novels Adventure fiction Witches - Fiction Blessing and cursing - Fiction Farm life - Oklahoma - Fiction Oklahoma - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: Twelve-year-old Vonceil Taggart, willing to risk everything to set things right, leaves her family's Oklahoma farm in 1919 seeking the salt witch who cast a spell that turned their spring to saltwater. In graphic novel format.

Two roads by Bruchac, Joseph 

Paperback(Puffin, 2019)

BTSB #: 163291 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
RC: 4.5 6-8 Lexile: 740

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Great Depression, 1929-1939 - Fiction Tramps - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction Veterans - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Creek Indians - Fiction Native Americans - North America - Oklahoma - Fiction Oklahoma - History|y20th century - Fiction Washington (D.C.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In 1932, twelve-year-old Cal must stop being a hobo with his father and go to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, where he begins learning about his history and heritage as a Creek Indian.

Two roads by Bruchac, Joseph 

BTSB Prebound(Dial Books for Young Readers, 2018)

BTSB #: 172394 Available

Dewey: FAges: 10-14   
RC: 4.5 6-8 Lexile: 740

Genres: Historical Fiction Multicultural

Subjects: Great Depression, 1929-1939 - Fiction Tramps - Fiction Father-son relationship - Fiction Veterans - Fiction Identity (Psychology) - Fiction Creek Indians - Fiction Native Americans - North America - Oklahoma - Fiction Oklahoma - History|y20th century - Fiction Washington (D.C.) - History|y20th century - Fiction

Summary: In 1932, twelve-year-old Cal must stop being a hobo with his father and go to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, where he begins learning about his history and heritage as a Creek Indian.