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Red-Dirt Jessie

by Anna Myers · 1992

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Jessie, a girl living in the Oklahoma dust bowl during the Depression, tries to tame a wild dog and help her father recover from a nervous breakdown.

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1920s1920sMore like thisLess of thisOklahomaOklahomaMore like thisLess of this
Subject
social sciencesocial scienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 128 pages

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