Use These 8 Titles to Breathe New Life into the 'Grapes of Wrath'

by NCTE & SLJ Reviews
May 10, 2022 | Filed in News & Features

These eight titles are great accompaniments to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, as updated expansions on the novel's themes and its historical setting.


 

These eight titles are great accompaniments to John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, as updated expansions on the novel's themes and its historical setting.


Avi. Gold Rush Girl. Candlewick. ISBN 9781536206791.

Choldenko, Gennifer. Orphan Eleven. Random. ISBN 9780385742559.

Dallas, Sandra. Someplace to Call Home. Sleeping Bear. ISBN 9781585364145.

Draper, Sharon M. Stella by Starlight. S. & S./Atheneum. ISBN 9781442494978.


Kulling, Monica & Sarah Dvojack. Ruby's Hope: A Story of the Girl in the Most Famous Photograph of the Depression. Page Street. ISBN 9781624148187.

Nelson, Suzanne. A Tale Magnolious. Knopf. ISBN 9781984831743.

Sandler, Martin W. Picturing a Nation: The Great Depression’s Finest Photographers Introduce America to Itself. Candlewick. ISBN 9781536215250.

Wolk, Lauren. Echo Mountain. Dutton. ISBN 9780525555568.

 

 

 

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